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  2. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language.

  3. May 1, 2024 · Dennis M. Ritchie (born September 9, 1941, Bronxville, Eastchester, New York, U.S.—found dead October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) was an American computer scientist and co-winner of the 1983 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science.

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  4. Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist, best known as the creator of the C programming language. He was born in New York in 1941 and graduated from Harvard University in applied mathematics and physics. He worked at Bell Labs and created the Unix operating system with Ken Thompson. He died of prostate cancer in 2011.

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    Oct 12, 2011 · A true trailblazer in the field of computer technology, Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, born on Sept. 9, 1941 in Bronxville, New York, is credited with the 1972 creation of one of the world’s most popular programming languages, “ C .”.

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    Apr 2, 2024 · Dennis Ritchie was born in Bronxville, New York, in 1941. He graduated from Harvard University with degrees in physics and applied mathematics and with a PhD in mathematics (1968). His contributions to computing span four decades and have had global impact. While at Bell Labs' Computing Sciences Research Center in the early 1970s, he created ...

  7. Oct 14, 2011 · Oct. 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...

  8. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941–October 12, 2011), was an American computer scientist who "helped shape the digital era." He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the UNIX operating system.

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