According to Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing on October 12 , one of the first to report the news publicly was Canadian software engineer Rob Pike via Google + . Like Ritchie , he is known for his work at Bell Labs .
Taypi sat phaxs tunka payan ur saraqataruw BoingBoing -nat jutir Xeni Jardin-arxamaxa , nayrïr yatiyäwinak yatt 'ayir Canada-nkir software Rob Pike via Google + injiñirunwa .