"The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On" Dies

[Jimbeaux]

There are always unsung heroes behind the scenes. Father of C Programming.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/denn...

[Jimbeaux]

Guam said:

Jimbeaux said:

There are always unsung heroes behind the scenes. Father of C Programming.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/denn...

Sad shame he wasnt better known except among Geeks.

After the arcane garbage I faced in uni waaaaay Back.
And Following Basic I still remember the first time I picked up c

It was like a breath of fresh air to someone who wasnt a hardcore geek

It's like Mother Teresa dying on the heels of Diana, no attention given.

[Einion Yrth]

Kernighan is still with us, but at nearly 80, how long for?

[-Pete-]

I still have my Kernighan and Ritchie book, but I always assumed it was Lionel

I always found C Easy, Easy like Sunday morning;

[KaraK]

I do hate the way they felt the need to tie it to Steve Jobs in order to get the story attention. As impressive as the buildings Jobs, Gates et al have built have been this was one of the guys who gave them the bricks, and in doing so revolutionised all our lives far more then one of the shiny things that have claimed to do so. I might not write much C myself these days but I still understand how much it underpins everything.

RIP