Dennis Ritchie day
<p>Tim O&#8217;Reilly <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html">proposes</a> that we designate the 30th of October as &#8220;Dennis Ritchie day&#8221;.  That works for me.  Pass it on.</p>
<p>Since my readers are probably wondering: Yes, I knew Dennis slightly.  He contributed to <cite>The Art Of Unix Programming</cite> and was very supportive of the project.  He was indeed as pleasant and gracious as others report&#8230;a true gentleman and, of course, a hacker of such stratospheric accomplishment as to have few or no peers.  But he treated me like one anyway &#8212; and <em>that</em> was an honor.</p>
