Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On
I feel very uncomfortable with the constant comparison between Ritchie's death and Jobs' death. Even Rob Pike ended up doing this. [1] Why are we trying to create conflict and see injustice where there is none? The amount of media coverage a person gets has no correlation with his importance. Can we blame people for not knowing him? Don't give me the tired "everybody is using his software, so everybody should know about him" argument. It's so hypocritical. We use a lot of things whose inventors we don't know.<p>[1] <a href="https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/33mmANQZDtY" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/33mmANQZ...</a>