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Dennis Ritchie

Created the C programming language and co-created Unix OS β€” the foundation of modern software

USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 1972 Pioneers & Inventors

Key Facts

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    Created the C programming language (1972) at Bell Labs β€” still one of the most used languages 50 years later

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    Co-created Unix operating system (1969) with Ken Thompson β€” the foundation of Linux, macOS and Android

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    Received the Turing Award (1983) and US National Medal of Technology (1999) with Ken Thompson

πŸ’‘ Did you know? "Dennis Ritchie's work has had more influence on computing than Steve Jobs'" β€” Rob Pike (Go language creator)

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Pioneers & Inventors

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA

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1972

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Created the C programming language and co-created Unix OS β€” the foundation of modern software

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