Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 12, 2011) , an American computer scientist notable for developing C and for having influence on other programming languages, as well as operating systems such as Multics andUnix.He died on October 12, 2011 at the age of 70 after a prolonged illness. He received the Turing Award in 1983 and the National Medal of Technology1998 on April 21, 1999. Ritchie was the head of Lucent Technologies System Software Research Department when he retired in 2007.Ritchie was best known as the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, and as co-author of the definitive book on C, The C Programming Language, commonly referred to as K&R (in reference to the authors Kernighan and Ritchie).
Ritchie's invention of C and his role in the development of UNIX alongside Ken Thompson has placed him as an important pioneer of modern computing. The C language is widely used today in application, operating system, and embedded system development, and its influence is seen in most modern programming languages. UNIX has also been influential, establishing concepts and principles that are now precepts of computing.
Ritchie was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988 for "development of the 'C' programming language and for co-development of the UNIX operating system.
RICHIE'S Quotes
- "I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the demigodic party."
- "Usenet is a strange place."
- "UNIX is very simple, it just needs a genius to understand its simplicity."
- "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success."(this article is taken from wikipedia)
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