Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (username: dmr, September 9, 1941 — October 8, 2011) This post is dedicated to a man who contributed a great deal to computer science, Dennis Ritchie (a.k.a. dmr). He is the creator of the C programming language and the key developer of the Unix operating system.
The C programming language is the book he wrote along with Brian Kernighan. In my humble opinion, it is one of the best books ever written about computer programming.
Without further ado, I just want to say goodbye to one of the people I respect most when it comes to computer science. I have Mr. Ritchie to thank for being able to read declarations such as this one (The C Programming Language, chapter 5):
char (*(*x())[])()x is a function returning a pointer to an array of pointers to functions returning char. :-) I think he would have said goodbye this way:
printf("goodbye, world\n");R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie.