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Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist.[3] He created the C programming language and the Unix operating system and B language with long-time colleague Ken Thompson.[3] Ritchie and Thompson were awarded the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1983, the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1990, and the National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton in 1999.

Dennis Ritchie - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American computer scientist known for Unix (1941–2011) Dennis Ritchie Ritchie in 2011 Born Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie ( 1941-09-09 ) September 9, 1941 Bronxville, New York , U.S. Died c. October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12) (aged 70) Berkeley Heights, New Jersey , U.S. Education Harvard University ( BS ) Known for ALTRAN B BCPL C Multics Unix Awards IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1982) [ 1 ] Turing Award (1983) National Medal of Technology (1998) IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1990) Computer Pioneer Award

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