Found out from twitter that dmr passed away.
Found out from twitter that dmr passed away.
https://plus.google.com/u/2/10196072...EDDYfvKP?hl=en
Yep. RIP dmr, one of the most influential computer scientists to ever live. You will be missed.
Originally Posted by The Jargon File
a sad day in computer science indeed
That really is sad. Shame there was nothing on the BBC News. Lots on Steve Jobs, but not a mention of dmr?
Very sad indeed. Extremely intelligent computer scientist - genius in my book. Probably more than half the reason any of us have a job or anything to talk about on this forum.
I know I sure wouldn't!
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
This forum probably wouldn't even exist...this forum
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...shudders....
OMG! I didn't know!...
Rest in Peace dmr... I really wish I'd met the guy who built a programming language that influenced my entire life!...
Respect!...
Devoted my life to programming...
Not the greatest of pioneers in my opinion, but nevertheless...
Rest in peace. At least you created something positive in the world.
Ever the iconoclast, huh?
If dmr is not a pioneer in the field of computer science, then who is, really?
How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
Unfortunately, according to the media.. Steve Jobs was !!
Even tech companies. Within minutes of Jobs passing Google had changed their front page to include a small text in his memory. That seemed nice and appropriate. However, as we can see, that hasn't happened to the man and his creations that, in no small measure, Google owes its business to.
It should be appropriate though. His passing will go as quietly as the life he lead. Not a controversial or polarizing figure, he's the type that when our times exist only on history books, will gain his rightful position at the forefront of computing pioneers and celebrated to a better measure of his achievements.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
C is not a wonderful language, and Linux is not a great operating system in my opinion. And that is all I am going to say and why I regretted subscribing to the thread.
The man did a lot of good to the world, but nothing wrong, so he deserves praise, but I am not going to endure praise to the works he created.
