[gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: hello boys [1], i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not mean that i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of them, i admit). i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude. I agree, I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful. If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die. It's not about how much you contributed to human society. It's about how much money you made.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de: On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful. If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die. It's not about how much you contributed to human society. It's about how much money you made. i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net [11-10-15 19:16]: Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de: On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful. If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die. It's not about how much you contributed to human society. It's about how much money you made. i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C. It is, as Dennis Ritchies said: Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius – or at any rate a programmer – to understand and appreciate the simplicity. (Source:http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Unix-ist-einfach-zum-Tode-von-Dennis-Ritchie-1360366.html)o
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C. Back at my University only very small number of people knows, who's Richie (although GNU/Linux systems are very popular) and what he had done. And it's very painful to hear from a person with Apple laptop phrases like C? UNIX? I don't like UNIX. Nothing must be forgotten. People must know persons who made technologies to what they are now. On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:43 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net [11-10-15 19:16]: Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de: On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful. If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die. It's not about how much you contributed to human society. It's about how much money you made. i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C. It is, as Dennis Ritchies said: Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius – or at any rate a programmer – to understand and appreciate the simplicity. (Source: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Unix-ist-einfach-zum-Tode-von-Dennis-Ritchie-1360366.html)o -- С уважением, Черноиванов Андрей
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie
On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 18:43:06 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net [11-10-15 19:16]: Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de: On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful. If you're not insanely rich, nobody cares if you die. It's not about how much you contributed to human society. It's about how much money you made. i don't think its about money, but about popularity. everybody knows who steve jobs is, thats why his death makes front page. average joe doesn't know ritchie and doesn't care about C. It is, as Dennis Ritchies said: Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius – or at any rate a programmer – to understand and appreciate the simplicity. (Source:http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Unix-ist-einfach-zum-Tode-v on-Dennis-Ritchie-1360366.html)o It's in the media, but unlike Jobs it is under Technology, not under 'celebrities'. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
