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Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson , the Unix operating system and B language . [3]
Dennis M. Ritchie (born September 9, 1941, Bronxville, Eastchester, New York, U.S.—found dead October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) was an American computer scientist and co-winner of the 1983 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science.
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Oct 14, 2011 · Dennis M. Ritchie, who helped shape the modern digital era by creating software tools that power things as diverse as search engines like Google and smartphones, was found dead on Wednesday at...
Dennis was an unfailingly kind, sweet, unassuming, and generous brother--and of course a complete geek. He had a hilariously dry sense of humor, and a keen appreciation for life's absurdities--though his world view was entirely devoid of cynicism or mean-spiritedness.
Learn about Dennis Ritchie, the co-inventor of UNIX and the developer of C, two foundations of modern computing. He received many awards, including the Turing Award and the National Medal of Technology, and worked at Bell Labs for four decades.
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was born September 9, 1941 in Bronxville, New York. His father worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Dennis grew up in New Jersey. Ritchie received a BS degree in Physics in 1963 and a PhD in Applied Mathematics in 1967 from Harvard University.
Oct 13, 2011 · Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system passed away on October 8 at the age of 70, leaving a legacy that...
