[Info-vax] AP: Dennis Ritchie, computer-programming pioneer, dies

[Bob Eager]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:32:55 -0700, John Wallace wrote:

> On Oct 14, 2:43 am, "Forster, Michael" <mfors... at mcw.edu> wrote:
>> A story from AP:
>>
>> Dennis Ritchie, computer-programming pioneer,
>> dies<http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?
contentguid=CNLtbdwb>
> 
> Turning the pages of the hardcopy (Manchester) Guardian earlier today, I
> was very pleasantly surprised (well, as pleasant as you can be in the
> circumstances) to see that dmr was the lead obit, the whole section to
> himself, and got a really quite good writeup.
> 
> It's at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/13/dennis-ritchie

Thanks.

> In looking for what else the writer (Martin Campbell-Kelly, not a name I
> recognise)

Fairly familiar in the UK, I think. He writes in various places.

> had done for the Grauniad, he's done quite a few obits, also
> recently including one for Daniel (D) McCracken. That's another author
> whose books will be familiar to many of a certain age. I'd not seen it
> reported elsewhere.

I missed that one. I remember learning FORTRAN from his book.

> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/29/daniel-mccracken-
obituary
> 
> I assume the Martin Campbell-Kelly in this picture is the one who is
> Professor of Computer Science at Warwick University:
> http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/people/martin_campbell-kelly/

Yes.

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