Dennis Ritchie has just passed away. Surely you probably don’t know who this guy is, but his contributions to computer science made your life what it is right now. Among other things, he created C, a programming language which is used to create all sort of OS and aplication software these days (and it will be that way in the future), and was key in the development of other important programming languages that came before. C made possible software as you know it. Also, C was fundamental in the development of Unix, a OS that (one way or another) led to Linux. If you don’t want to mess with the Open Source / Licensed Software dilemma, keep in mind that Linux (and the Open Source movement in general) is a powerful engine that moves science and research nowadays. In one week exactly the world has lost two of the greatest contributors in computer science. One dedicated to design, one dedicated to programming. Maybe, if you allow me to put it that way, it is life saying us that both things are equally important. Dennis Ritchie has just passed away. Surely you probably don’t know who this guy is, but his contributions to computer science made your life what it is right now. Among other things, he created C, a programming language which is used to create all sort of OS and aplication software these days (and it will be that way in the future), and was key in the development of other important programming languages that came before. C made possible software as you know it. Also, C was fundamental in the development of Unix, a OS that (one way or another) led to Linux. If you don’t want to mess with the Open Source / Licensed Software dilemma, keep in mind that Linux (and the Open Source movement in general) is a powerful engine that moves science and research nowadays. In one week exactly the world has lost two of the greatest contributors in computer science. One dedicated to design, one dedicated to programming. Maybe, if you allow me to put it that way, it is life saying us that both things are equally important.

Dennis Ritchie has just passed away.

Surely you probably don’t know who this guy is, but his contributions to computer science made your life what it is right now.

Among other things, he created C, a programming language which is used to create all sort of OS and aplication software these days (and it will be that way in the future), and was key in the development of other important programming languages that came before. C made possible software as you know it.

Also, C was fundamental in the development of Unix, a OS that (one way or another) led to Linux. If you don’t want to mess with the Open Source / Licensed Software dilemma, keep in mind that Linux (and the Open Source movement in general) is a powerful engine that moves science and research nowadays.

In one week exactly the world has lost two of the greatest contributors in computer science. One dedicated to design, one dedicated to programming.

Maybe, if you allow me to put it that way, it is life saying us that both things are equally important.

  1. romanandreg reblogged this from chiguire and added:
    Another Great One has gone…
  2. josema-elkilla reblogged this from chiguire and added:
    Goodbye, Dennis :(
  3. chiguire reblogged this from tejemaneje and added:
    Lo recordaremos hasta 2038.
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