Dennis Ritchie
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist.1 He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the operating system Unix, and programming languages B and C.1
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Lohr, Steve (October 12, 2011). “Dennis Ritchie, Programming Trailblazer, Dies at 70”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 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 his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He was 70. Mr. Ritchie, who lived alone, was in frail health in recent years after treatment for prostate cancer and heart disease, said his brother Bill. ↩ ↩2