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

[Paul Sture]

In article <9gr8cpF9tmU3 at mid.individual.net>,
 Bob Eager <news0001 at eager.cx> wrote:

> 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.
> 
>    ~~~~

Que?

I meant compliments of course.  I didn't particularly notice at the time 
since I was used to VMS documentation, but quite a few folks have 
remarked recently about how well the K&R book was written.

-- 
Paul Sture