Saturday, October 15, 2011

Dennis Ritchie is Dead

Dennis Ritchie is Dead


Dennis Ritchie, the creator of C Programming, has died. He was 70.

Dennis Ritchie is known to be the creator of the popular C programming language and helped create the UNIX operating software - the operating system that is the foundation of newer OSes like Apple’s Mac OS X, iOS and the Microsoft Windows.

Ritchie died a month after his birthday, as reported by the Associated Press. Although his company confirmed his demise, they would not disclose the cause and time of his death. The New York Times, however, reported Ritchie died October 12 after a prolonged illness.

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