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Re: Loss of a Legend

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Oct 14, 2011 at 02:10 UTC ( [id://931415]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Loss of a Legend

I commiserate with those who knew him for their loss.

Ongoing, my first edition copy of K&R which has been within arms length of me whenever I've been programming for very nearly 30 years, will probably continue to get referenced weekly as it has for most of that time,

There are showmen, some legends in their lifetimes, and then there are the quiet men that just got on and did what needed to be done.


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