Dennis Ritchie, 70, Dies, Programming Trailblazer(nytimes.com)
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Dennis Ritchie, 70, Dies, Programming Trailblazer
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html?smid=tw-share
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>I'm sure everyone reading this is already aware that he's passed
apparently not... http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx
apparently not... http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx
Yeah, I even remember the HN discussion and black banner from then, but when someone posted it on Facebook mistakenly, I just posted it to twitter, and technically it is correct so didn't delete.
Steve Jobs doesn't serve as a benchmark? It doesn't, but... it does.
I didn't even know he died! I am quite sad now.
Needs a (2011) in the title. He passed away five years ago today.
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Unix serves as a foundation of iOS?
Didn't know that!
Didn't know that!
Darwin, the open-source operating system UI underneath both macOS and iOS, is based on FreeBSD and the XNU kernel, plus some NextStep stuff. And of course FreeBSD is based on BSD, which was a patch set derived from the original AT&T Unix.
It's amazing that in 2016, the two major consumer computing platforms are BSD and Linux, and Windows in struggling to catch up.
It's amazing that in 2016, the two major consumer computing platforms are BSD and Linux, and Windows in struggling to catch up.
Depends on how you slice it. Windows still dominates the personal computer market.
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q
>And you know the surest way to go broke? Keep getting an increasing share of a shrinking market.
>And you know the surest way to go broke? Keep getting an increasing share of a shrinking market.
the filesystem wasn't a clue? ;-)
I'm working on C as we speak.
R.I.P. Legend.
R.I.P. Legend.
Old news???
R.I.P.
But as an aside, it doesn't feel like 5 years, does it?