[Info-vax] RIP: Dennis Ritchie (UNIX / C)

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:46:30 -0700 (PDT)
John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> There was coverage of Dennis Ritchie in this week's BBC Radio 4
> obituary programme, "Last Word" (as mentioned earlier). I only caught
> the tail end (wasted too much time faffing about with a new-to-me
> alleged DAB receiver). Tim Berners-Lee was one of (I presume) several
> folks speaking. You can find the obit online via BBC Listen Again at
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l9xhw
> and I will do so in due course.
> 
> Whether or not you like the language, the book was a classic.
> Stroustrup's book, on the other hand...

Indeed, I have come across quite a few complements about the book
recently.