In my blog links below, you’ll see a link to “Robins Rants and Raves”, a blog that (until recently) was written by a bright young man who many of us in various Linux circles knew better as “DixieDancer”.
A few days ago, Robin went to be with our Lord and Savior, brought down at the age of 18 by a genetic condition beyond medical help. I recommend anyone to read through the last month or so of his posts, to hear the voice of a young man facing his pending death with the confidence that he will be entering the new life.
We have lost something down here, but he has gained everything now. Rest in Joy, brother.
RIP Dennis Ritchie
Was sad to see that Dennis Ritchie died this week. Between creating Unix and C, Dennis’s influences on modern computing are probably second to nobody. Here’s a pretty good writeup on him: Remembering Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Programming Language and UNIX Co-Creator.