[geeks] RIP, Dennis Ritchie

[Jonathan Patschke]

This evening Rob Pike announced via his Google+ account that Dennis
Ritchie passed away this weekend:

   https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en

As often-maligned as his body of work was in programming language circles,
I'm forever grateful for his contributions to the art.

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