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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (English: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, September 9, 1941 - October 12, 2011), American computer scientist. Hacker circles usually call him "dmr". He is the creator of the C language and a key developer of the Unix operating system. He has had a profound impact on the computer field and was the 1983 Turing Award winner with Ken Thompson.
- Category
- Scientists
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1941-09-09
- Died
- 2011-10-12
- Wikidata
- Q45575
![The C Programming Language [1st Edition] (1978, Prentice Hall) - Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie cover](https://archive.org/services/img/the-c-programming-language-1978-prentice-hall)
