Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-10-16 2:21 AM, David Mann wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-10-15 5:06 PM, Tim Bray wrote: The original design of Unix contains so many ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, and more or less zero ideas that turned out to be

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-15 Thread David Mann
On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-10-15 5:06 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> The original design of Unix contains so many >> ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, >> and more or less zero ideas that turned out to be wrong; > > creat(2) should have

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
Thanks for heads up, Larry. On a whim, I bought myself a new Kindle, that little $79 one. I spent much of the day reading on it (we have a bit of a mid semester break now) and, of course, it's based on Linux. I wonder how long it will take our technology to lose its connection to Ritchie's work.

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-10-15 5:06 PM, Tim Bray wrote: The original design of Unix contains so many ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, and more or less zero ideas that turned out to be wrong; creat(2) should have been spelled with an 'e'. :-) -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-15 Thread Tim Bray
Perhaps it's because I'm an old geek and can remember when V7 Unix was new and exciting, but in my mind Ritchie and Thompson loom larger than any of those other guys. The original design of Unix contains so many ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, and more or les

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/14/2011 10:15, Larry Colen wrote: Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening post on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. This news will almost certainly cause one of two reactions: "Who?" or Dismay that we have lost someone who has arguably

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:03:06AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > The term "Microsoft garbage" is redundant. > > Darren Addy Not in the terms of C/C++ programming it isn't. The Visual C products have long been serious contenders for the title of "best C development and debugging environment". --

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:23:24PM +1300, David Mann wrote: > On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening > > post on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. > > > > This news will almost certainly

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread Darren Addy
The term "Microsoft garbage" is redundant. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:15:32 -0700 From: Larry Colen > > >Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening >post on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. > > >This news will almost certainly cause one of two reactions: >"Who?" >or >Dismay that we have

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread Darren Addy
Wired is on it: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/ Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the dire

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread David Mann
On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening post > on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. > > This news will almost certainly cause one of two reactions: > "Who?" > or > Dismay that we have lost so

OT printf("goodbye world\n");

2011-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening post on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. This news will almost certainly cause one of two reactions: "Who?" or Dismay that we have lost someone who has arguably contributed more to the world of compu