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Saturday, October 15, 2011

RIP Dennis Ritchie - the man who taught me code

Today Dennis Ritchie died...

While likely wont get nearly much press, as Wired Magazine put it - Dennis Ritchie was The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On

When i was just a young kid, my dad gave me a book "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie - it was this book that first taught me about If/Else, Loops, Switchs, Functions and all the first ways i had ever seen logic described in language. It confused me, it delighted me, it made me want to know more and gave me a thirst for programming.

Thanks Dennis - a generation of programmers thanks you...

Posted by Nick HaC @ 12:24 AM


1 Comments:
At December 13, 2011 9:36 AM, Blogger The Peak Oil Poet said...


Your words echo my feelings.

Wish i'd had your blog in my feed consolidator when you posted this.

I still have my original "white book" - lovingly cherished along with some of the other great foundation of programming books - all dogeared and coffee-stained from those long nights we all know too well

I seem to recall meeting you somewhere Nick but i can't remember where.

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