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| 2011-10-13T09:02:47.000Z | Rob Pike: An important message from Dennis Ritchie (1981) | https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/jKyyV1tXD6c | xd | 160 | 3 | 1318496567 |
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The lot of you have had such a huge impact on my life. My father was an engineer at Bell Labs back in the day, and I was always very interested in his work. When I was 11 or 12, he brought home a terminal (thermal printer w/acoustic modem), a K&R book, and a handful of memos about how to work the shell and the text editor. I was hooked. When I finally realized my dream of working at Bell Labs myself, I read every technical memo I could get my hands on from your group. I don't recall if I had the pleasure of meeting you in person,
echoes my own thoughts. In the late 80s, I worked in the Murray Hill comp. center for a few years. It was early in my career, but I was in a meeting for a technical committee with which Dennis was also involved. At one point he asked my opinion on one of the topics under discussion. This made an enormous impression on me, not only encouraging me personally -- if my input was of interest to the likes of dmr, I must be doing something right! -- but also as a reminder that the truly great put their own egos aside and learn all they can from everyone around them.The lot of you have had such a huge impact on my life. My father was an engineer at Bell Labs back in the day, and I was always very interested in his work. When I was 11 or 12, he brought home a terminal (thermal printer w/acoustic modem), a K&R book, and a handful of memos about how to work the shell and the text editor. I was hooked. When I finally realized my dream of working at Bell Labs myself, I read every technical memo I could get my hands on from your group. I don't recall if I had the pleasure of meeting you in person,, but please know that your work and your writing were invaluable to me.