Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion

[Mike Jeays]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:15 +0200
"Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <ulrich at pukruppa.de> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 13.10.2011 23:43, mikel king wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Roland Smith wrote:
> >
> >> With the recent death of Dennis Ritchie, we've lost one of the giants on whose
> >> shoulders we are standing. But rather that mourn his passing, I think it would
> >> be proper to remember and celebrate his achievements.
> >>
> >> His contributions to the C language and the UNIX operating system are a
> >> legacy that few can match.
> >>
> >> Therefore I would like to propose that the FreeBSD project dedicate the
> >> upcoming 9.0 release in his memory.
> I believe this would be an appropriate gesture.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter.
> -- 
> 
> Peter Ulrich Kruppa
> Wuppertal
> Germany
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I am strongly in favour of such a gesture, as an exceptional case.