He was father of the C programming language and without him there would be no UNIX. His pioneering work paved the way for many modern programming / scripting languages like Objective-C, C#, Perl, Java, Go, JavaScript and PHP. Entire operating systems are written in C or build upon the UNIX legacy, most notably BSD and hence Mac OS X. Farewell, Dennis Ritchie… may you rest in peace.
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is here. My favorite Linux distribution comes with a gorgeous interface design and social community integration. I’m using it as development system for my Linux projects now.
The spinning Galaxy in my mug
“Wadi Adad” (Arabic:وادي أضاد), Akakus Mountains, Libya
The name of the big natural statue is Adad or Adhadh, and it means ‘finger’ or...
Near El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina
(by Jordi Brió)