Comment on Sonnet for Dennis RitchieComments−danso14yI wasn't sure if "Steve Jacks" was an admirer or some clueless middle manager at a newspaper meeting not wanting to talk about "C" because everyone is running "PCs" these days.But here's his original letter: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-18/news/chi-11101...−tomheonOP14yThanks for bringing this up / posting the link.Someone brought up a similar point in comments on the poem itself--I added a direct link in the attribution.
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I wasn't sure if "Steve Jacks" was an admirer or some clueless middle manager at a newspaper meeting not wanting to talk about "C" because everyone is running "PCs" these days.
But here's his original letter: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-18/news/chi-11101...
Thanks for bringing this up / posting the link.
Someone brought up a similar point in comments on the poem itself--I added a direct link in the attribution.