Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the all so popular C programming language, recently passed away.

Other than developing C, Dennis Ritchie was also a key developer for the UNIX operating system.

The news was confirmed on his close Rob Pike’s, friend and co-worker, Google+

#include <stdio.h>

int main (void)

{

for (int i = 0 ; i < geeks_in_world; i++)
{
printf(“you will be missed”);
}
return 0;
}

NOTE FROM LOOLYKINNS:
Not to disrespect Steve Jobs, but if only those AppleTards knew the difference between a marketeer and a real genius and computer-industry hero.

Straight from Wikipedia:

Background

Born in Bronxville, New York, Ritchie graduated from Harvard University with degrees in physics and applied mathematics. In 1967, he began working at the Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center, and in 1968, he received a Ph.D. from Harvard under the supervision of Patrick C. Fischer.
Ritchie enjoying conversation in a chalet in the mountains surrounding Salt Lake City at the 1984 Usenix conference.

C and UNIX
Ritchie was best known as the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, and as co-author of the definitive book on C, The C Programming Language, commonly referred to as K&R (in reference to the authors Kernighan and Ritchie).

Ritchie’s invention of C and his role in the development of Unix alongside Ken Thompson has placed him as an important pioneer of modern computing. The C language is still widely used today in application and operating system development, and its influence is seen in most modern programming languages. Unix has also been influential, establishing concepts and principles that are now well-established precepts of computing.

Awards

Turing Award
In 1983, Ritchie and Ken Thompson jointly received the Turing Award for their development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for the implementation of the UNIX operating system. Ritchie’s Turing Award lecture was titled “Reflections on Software Research”.

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
In 1990, both Ritchie and Ken Thompson received the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), “for the origination of the UNIX operating system and the C programming language”.

National Medal of Technology
On April 21, 1999, Thompson and Ritchie jointly received the National Medal of Technology of 1998 from President Bill Clinton for co-inventing the UNIX operating system and the C programming language which together have led to enormous advances in computer hardware, software, and networking systems and stimulated growth of an entire industry, thereby enhancing American leadership in the Information Age.

Japan Prize
In 2011 Dennis Ritchie, along with Ken Thompson, was awarded the Japan Prize for Information and Communications for the pioneering work in the development of Unix operating system.

Thanks to this man, the computer is what is now.
Thanks to this man, Mac OSX exists (For AppleTards who don’t know, Mac OSX is UNIX-Based)

R.I.P Dennis Ritchie, you’re the real computer hero!