Happy Dennis Ritchie Day!

On October 12th, 2011, the world of computer science suffered a great loss. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and co-creator the Unix operating system passed away. C is either a core technology of or a source of inspiration for all modern programming languages. Unix could be said to be equally influential in operating systems. To say that I owe my career to this man is a tremendous understatement.

Tim O’Reilly proposed that we celebrate his life on 10/30. In the spirit of this, please read O’Reilly’s post proposing the day which includes a brief, but much more fitting tribute to Mr. Ritchie.

Links
Dennis Ritchie Day Proposal Post: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html