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Dennis Ritchie day
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<p>Tim O’Reilly <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html">proposes</a> that we designate the 30th of October as “Dennis Ritchie day”. That works for me. Pass it on.</p>
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<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…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 — and <em>that</em> was an honor.</p>
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