Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
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Lived 1941–2011, aged 70United States
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Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system, C programming language, and B programming language.
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