Re: Relaunching: RIP (and this time not) Steve Jobs - Dennis, your book is the bible to many!

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

mark francombe schrieb:
> Possibly because everyone has heard of Steve Jobs, and I have no idea 
> who Dennis Ritchie is
>
> LOL
>
> Sorry.. enlighten me?
Dennis Ritchie was one of the inventors of the C programming language 
and of UNIX. Also, he wrote the "C  bible" , the book "The C Programming 
Language" (together with Kerninghan - the book is colloquially known as 
"the K&R").

Like e.g. John Bardeen, Ritchie is one of those guys that nobody knows, 
but whose inventions were key enablers for a lot of stuff - including 
the stuff Steve Jobs is famous for.

         Rainer

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