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The genius of Ritchie's work was its portability, elegance, and conciseness.
'''Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie''' (b. 1941) was a key developer of [[Unix]] and its programming language C. He is also the co-author of the primary text on C, "The C Programming Language," known as K&R in recognition of Ritchie and his co-author, [[Brian Kernighan]]. [[Ken Thompson]] assisted Ritchie in developing [[Unix]].
'''Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie''' (1941-2011) was a key developer of [[Unix]] and its programming language C. He is also the co-author of the primary text on C, "The C Programming Language," known as K&R in recognition of Ritchie and his co-author, [[Brian Kernighan]]. [[Ken Thompson]] assisted Ritchie in developing [[Unix]].
The genius of Ritchie's work was its portability, elegance, and conciseness.
The [[Linux]] operating system is the modern version of [[Unix]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Windows]] incorporated and adapted much of the innovation of [[Unix]].
The [[Linux]] operating system is the modern version of [[Unix]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Windows]] incorporated and adapted much of the innovation of [[Unix]].
[[Category:Computer Science]]
[[Category:Computer Science]]