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

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:10:07 +0200, Paul Sture wrote:

> 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.

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