Usenet is a strange place. - Dennis M. Ritchie

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Usenet is a strange place.

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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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