Dennis Ritchie is dead. Long live UNIX and C!
Sad news and no fanfare for the passing of this s/w giant =( Father Of C And UNIX, Dennis Ritchie, Passes Away At Age 70
Tag: programming
“C Programming in Linux” by David Haskins. An alternative to “The C Programming Language” by Kernighan and Ritchie
I found this great book for learning C. Lesson 1 is the usual “hello world” console app, but literally the next example dives into using it as a CGI script. It teaches all the usual C console output stuff, but concentrates on web programming with C and apache web server. This is great, as the…
Dijkstra & Mathematics Inc.
Pretty funny, this is swiped from the Wikipedia entry for Dijkstra. He’s a pretty important figure in computer science. “One of Dijkstra’s sidelines was serving as Chairman of the Board of the fictional Mathematics Inc., a company that he imagined having commercialized the production of mathematical theorems in the same way that software companies had…
Programming humour
Pretty funny tutorial on C language pointers. DISCLAIMER: Strictly for nerds only!http://pastebin.com/vQbu9Lek
Software Patents
Great video against software patentability funded by the fsfIt gives a nice bit of history and background. Link is here: http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html