a fitting tribute to Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy
Many of us have probably read lots of obituaries and articles about Steve Jobs since his recent death, but not nearly as much about these two. The obituary of the week in *The Economist* is for Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy. http://www.economist.com/node/21536536 A very nice read. Both men get the kudos they deserve. -- Chris Kiagiri | Sales Engineer/Technical Account Manager, Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) Africa | ck@google.com | +254-20-360-1000 *----------------* To find out what Google is doing in Africa, visit the Google Africa Blog<http://google-africa.blogspot.com/> or follow @googleafrica <http://twitter.com/googleafrica> on Twitter.
“It’s not the actual programming that’s interesting,” he(Ritchie) once remarked. “It’s what you can accomplish with the end results.” Amen. bernard On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Chris Kiagiri <ck@google.com> wrote:
Many of us have probably read lots of obituaries and articles about Steve Jobs since his recent death, but not nearly as much about these two.
The obituary of the week in *The Economist* is for Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy.
http://www.economist.com/node/21536536
A very nice read. Both men get the kudos they deserve.
-- Chris Kiagiri | Sales Engineer/Technical Account Manager, Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) Africa | ck@google.com | +254-20-360-1000 *----------------* To find out what Google is doing in Africa, visit the Google Africa Blog<http://google-africa.blogspot.com/> or follow @googleafrica <http://twitter.com/googleafrica> on Twitter.
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that's a great orbituary On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 15:04, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
“It’s not the actual programming that’s interesting,” he(Ritchie) once remarked. “It’s what you can accomplish with the end results.”
Amen.
bernard
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Chris Kiagiri <ck@google.com> wrote:
Many of us have probably read lots of obituaries and articles about Steve Jobs since his recent death, but not nearly as much about these two.
The obituary of the week in *The Economist* is for Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy.
http://www.economist.com/node/21536536
A very nice read. Both men get the kudos they deserve.
-- Chris Kiagiri | Sales Engineer/Technical Account Manager, Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) Africa | ck@google.com | +254-20-360-1000 *----------------* To find out what Google is doing in Africa, visit the Google Africa Blog<http://google-africa.blogspot.com/> or follow @googleafrica <http://twitter.com/googleafrica> on Twitter.
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Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ has a Ritchie-like beard :-) bernard On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM, amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> wrote:
that's a great orbituary
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 15:04, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
“It’s not the actual programming that’s interesting,” he(Ritchie) once remarked. “It’s what you can accomplish with the end results.”
Amen.
bernard
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Chris Kiagiri <ck@google.com> wrote:
Many of us have probably read lots of obituaries and articles about Steve Jobs since his recent death, but not nearly as much about these two.
The obituary of the week in *The Economist* is for Dennis Ritchie and John McCarthy.
http://www.economist.com/node/21536536
A very nice read. Both men get the kudos they deserve.
-- Chris Kiagiri | Sales Engineer/Technical Account Manager, Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) Africa | ck@google.com | +254-20-360-1000 *----------------* To find out what Google is doing in Africa, visit the Google Africa Blog<http://google-africa.blogspot.com/> or follow @googleafrica <http://twitter.com/googleafrica> on Twitter.
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ has a Ritchie-like beard :-)
Stroustrup, a Ritchie-like beard? I think not [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvWTnIoQZj4&feature=relmfu ]. What he has is more of a wicked mad-scientist hair-do :D Martin.
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