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

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:11:37 +0200, Paul Sture wrote:

> 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.

It was. As no doubt you noticed, I responded with a few C 'complements'..!



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