Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: UNIX
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One Life to Live
The world lost two innovators in computing. About the first, Steve Jobs, much has been written, but far less about another pioneer of computing, Dennis Ritchie. Richie’s passing was not noted with great fanfare, but he made a difference. All of us in computing honor that.
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You Might Be A Computing Old Timer If …
The history of modern digital computing is unusual in one regard. Most of its advances have occurred during the professional lifetimes of many of its current practicioners. For those of us who came of age in the mainframe era, it is instructive (and sometimes humorous) to remember what has changed.