Somewhat off topic but germane to the larger programming world. Dennis Ritchie has died. As much as I love J and functional languages I think everyone here will agree that C has been and remains perhaps the most important and influential programming language in the world. One of my favorite economic bloggers posted a nice diatribe comparing Ritchie and Jobs's relative contributions:
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?singlepost=2747994 -- John D. Baker [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
