Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, 1941-2011 [telecom]

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It must be the season for losing brilliant people:

- - Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

Oh, no, no, please, God, no, not him: I've got the white book on the shelf above my desk. It can't be the same guy, the same giant, the same man; there must be a mistake. How could you call home so gifted and generous a soul, just when we were realizing how much he gave?

Bill

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