Dennis M. Ritchie passed away yesterday. Ritchie was the creator of the C programming language and the co-creator of the Unix operating system (together with Ken Thompson) starting in the late 60s and early 70s. Both C and Unix have provided the underpinnings for many of the systems we still use today all the way up to iOS. I find it impossible not to think about the pronounced differences between Ritchie’s and Jobs’ contributions to the history of computing. Especially because in my personal...

Dennis M. Ritchie passed away yesterday. Ritchie was the creator of the C programming language and the co-creator of the Unix operating system (together with Ken Thompson) starting in the late 60s and early 70s. Both C and Unix have provided the underpinnings for many of the systems we still use today all the way up to iOS. I find it impossible not to think about the pronounced differences between Ritchie’s and Jobs’ contributions to the history of computing. Especially because in my personal...