Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion

Chip Camden sterling at camdensoftware.com
Thu Oct 13 23:46:48 UTC 2011


Quoth mikel king on Thursday, 13 October 2011:
> 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.
> > 
> > Alternatively, an tribute on the FreeBSD website would be fitting, wouldn't it?
> > 
> > Roland
> 
> 
> I think this would be a fitting tribute...
> 

Hear, hear!

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