[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [l-tech] Dennis Ritchie RIP

[Stewart Dickson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie

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From: "Yu-Sung Chang" <yusung at wolfram.com>
To: l-tech at wolfram.com
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:36:46 AM
Subject: Re: [l-tech] Dennis Ritchie RIP

ThinkFun who makes all those kid puzzles (which my kids love by the 
way--Rush Hour in particular)?
Something interesting to know...

Yu-Sung

On 10/13/2011 10:13 AM, Ed Pegg Jr wrote:
> On 10/13/2011 10:07 AM, Chad Minick wrote:
>> On 10/13/2011 04:52 AM, Abdul Dakkak wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> -adk-
>>>
>> K&R is just K, :,(
> I just learned that my good friend Bill Ritchie is his brother.  He's
> the CEO
> of ThinkFun, and I brought him the games River Crossing, Gordian's Knot,
> and Tipover.  I've also tested a number of puzzle idea.
>
> --Ed Pegg Jr
>
> From Bill -------------------
> It's not quite true that he died "after a long illness", more that he
> had become pretty frail, "after a long infirmity" is more like it.  He
> died at home, in bed, completely independent which was hugely important
> to him.
>
> Our family and a few friends had gathered to celebrate his 70th birthday
> on September 9th, and last Spring there was a big celebration at Bell
> Labs to celebrate his winning (with Ken Thompson) the Japan Prize for
> 2011.  This has been a really good year for him, that's very comforting.
>
>