[clug] 'Wired' on Dennis Ritchie
steve jenkin
sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Fri Oct 14 23:50:14 MDT 2011
Best article I've seen on dmr.
<http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect>
“It’s really hard to overstate how much of the modern information
economy is built on the work Dennis did.” [Rob Pike]
“There’s that line from Newton about standing on the shoulders of
giants,” says [Brian] Kernighan. “We’re all standing on Dennis’ shoulders.”
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Steve Jenkin, Info Tech, Systems and Design Specialist.
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