Rest in Peace Dennis M Ritchie

Sad to see this post on Google Plus tonight:

Rob Pike  -  10:02 PM  -  Public

I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (dmr) died at home this weekend.
I have no more information. I trust there are people here who will appreciate the reach
of his contributions and mourn his passing appropriately. He was a quiet and mostly
private man, but he was also my friend, colleague, and collaborator, and the world has
lost a truly great mind.

For anyone unsure of who this great man was, you really should check out his wikipedia entry but the main part is:

Ritchie is best known as the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, and as co-author of the definitive book on C, The C Programming Language, commonly referred to as K&R (in reference to the authors Kernighan and Ritchie). Ritchie's invention of C and his role in the development of Unix alongside Ken Thompson have placed him as an important pioneer of modern computing. The C language is still widely used today in application and operating system development, and its influence is seen in most modern programming languages. Unix has also been influential, establishing concepts and principles that are now well-established precepts of computing.

A serious loss for any programmer or unix geek and anyone else that knows where many modern things like linux, bsd, osx, etc started

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Rest In Peace Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie\n");
    printf("Thank You for so much\n");
    return 0;
}

Also relevant: this post was typed on an Archlinux laptop and hosted on a Debian vps. Thanks again dmr!