Actually when I read the post just now, I went to the shelf and picked up my copy of it and just placed it on my desk, he had a major impact on my life.
I "feel" more of a loss about Dennis' passing than Steve's.
I "feel" more of a loss about Dennis' passing than Steve's.
Dennis Ritchie is a different thing. As other people have pointed, in my opinion there is no current technology that was not "touched" by the contributions that R&K did. Being it Unix or C, these are two of the most important software creations in history.