RIP Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C programming language (my favourite language) and co-inventor of UNIX Operating system (my favourite OS) is no more. He also co-authored the famous K&R book, along with Ken Thomson. Sad day for all programmers who love C language and its pointers.
My friend Suraj came up with a poem on pointers. Go ahead and read it, if you want a good laugh-
Pointer bhi friend hota hai
Be a pointer my friend,
Who is free on one call,
Who casts into yourself,
Who takes any desired type.
Pointer is a variable like you,
Pointer points to a variable like you.
Pointer can be a friend in need,
Pointer is a friend in deed.
Like friendship needs care,
Pointer too needs care,
If Managed properly, biggest problem looks small.
If Unmanaged, smallest problem looks big.
A pointer can dance with you when in rhythm,
A pointer can make you dance out of rhythm.
Like friendship, it needs subtle care,
Else it will blow your mind with flare.
The pointer has a pet,
SIGSSEGV is its name.
It’s an untold gift,
An unwanted irritant.
Common among NOBODY friends, //NULL Pointers-or Hi, Bye friends
A nightmare to programmers it lends.
A Pointer becomes what we want,
Like a friend becomes what we make.
Jaise Pointer C ke liye zaroori hota hai,
Waise har ek friend zaroori hota hai 
This poster inspired the poem
Source: Here
P.S: I really love pointers
Wow C language , the bane of my life it used to be , But i had fun working in it and using it ..
May he rest in peace …
ANd I loved the pointers but they were always problamatic as memory leaks would happen if not used correctly
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Oh you liked C language too, cool
Yeah pointers are painful that way.. if not used properly, we are screwed
I agree with this last statment but in a way as he used to say pointers are our friends.
No body one can outstrip Mister Dennis Ritchie.
I have a vague memory of pointers and stuff… So, not sure what either poem’s actually mean. I had more fun with GW BASIC. I learned to do a lot of stuff with it because I was supposed to participate in a competition based on it. I just love the flexibility offered by the line numbers 10, 20, 30, etc.. Yeah, I did get into infinite loop problems, but I could always restart the system when it hangs! When I started to develop interest in C language, board exams and college interfered. There was no more fun with programming after that. I am sure the person who invented C should have been brilliant! RIP Dennis Ritchie.
Destination Infinity
Oh even I started with BASIC programming. I vaguely remember BASIC.. the line numbers were definitely the best part of BASIC.. I also liked the simple graphics that could be done using it.. And I did PASCAL too for sometime..
But C is the language that I reallyyy liked.. you shud try C sometime..
I’ve learnt C++ programming language. And loved it.
RIP Dennis Ritchie….
C++ is almost same as C, except for some changes here and there.. Nice to know you liked it Ash
Thanks for posting this in your blog
.. It was funny in deed 
Thanks for such a funny poem dude
RIP Dennis Ritchie. C is my favorite language too and K&R book is an all time classic.
it has been ages since I used C. nice poem