I think the Linux phenomenon is quite delightful, because i… - Dennis M. Ritchie

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I think the Linux phenomenon is quite delightful, because it draws so strongly on the basis that Unix provided. Linux seems to be the among the healthiest of the direct Unix derivatives, though there are also the various BSD systems as well as the more official offerings from the workstation and mainframe manufacturers.

Dennis M. Ritchie

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About Dennis M. Ritchie

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist and winner, with Kenneth Thompson, of the 1983 Turing Award. He created the C programming language and, with Thompson, the Unix operating system, which have had pervasive and lasting influence on subsequent programming languages and operating systems.

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Birth Name: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie

Alternative Names: A. Ritči • dmr • Dennis Ritchie

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