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'''Dennis Ritchie''' (often referred to as '''dmr''') was an influential American computer scientist, best known for his work on [[UNIX]] and the [[C programming language]] - both produced in collaboration with [[Ken Thompson]]. | '''Dennis Ritchie''' (often referred to as '''dmr''') was an influential American computer scientist, best known for his work on [[UNIX]] and the [[C programming language]] - both produced in collaboration with [[Ken Thompson]]. | ||
He attended Harvard, where he received an undergraduate degree in 1963, and a doctoral degree in 1968. He went to work at [[Bell Labs]] in 1967, joining the Computing Sciences Research Center; he spent the rest of his career at the Labs, and its descendants. In 1968, he was part of the Bell team which joined the [[Multics]] project; after Bell pulled out of Multics, he and Thompson eventually fell into UNIX and C. | He attended Harvard, where he received an undergraduate degree in 1963, and a doctoral degree in 1968. He went to work at [[Bell Labs]] in 1967, joining the Computing Sciences Research Center; he spent the rest of his career at the Labs, and its descendants. In 1968, he was part of the Bell team which joined the [[Multics]] project; after Bell pulled out of Multics, he and Thompson eventually fell into UNIX and C. | ||
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| + | ==Further reading== | ||
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| + | * Brian Kernighan, [https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-History-Memoir-Brian-Kernighan/dp/1695978552 UNIX: A History and a Memoir] - has a brief bio of Ritchie at the end of Chapter 3 | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ Dennis Ritchie's Home Page] | * [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ Dennis Ritchie's Home Page] | ||
| − | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.html The Unix Time-sharing System] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.pdf PDF]) - 1978 [BSTJ] verson | + | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.html The Unix Time-sharing System] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.pdf PDF]) - 1978 [[BSTJ]] verson |
** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.pdf PDF]) | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.pdf PDF]) | ||
** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/retro.html The UNIX Time-sharing System - A Retrospective] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/retro.pdf PDF]) | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/retro.html The UNIX Time-sharing System - A Retrospective] ([https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/retro.pdf PDF]) | ||
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** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/odd.html Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix] | ||
** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpapers.html Papers about Unix Portability] | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/portpapers.html Papers about Unix Portability] | ||
| + | ** [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/picture.html An amusing photo] - "Ken and [DMR] in front of a PDP-11" | ||
| + | * [https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/102685442.03.01.jpg Ken and DMR] - from another angle | ||
| + | * [https://computerhistory.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies-lost-dissertation/ Discovering Dennis Ritchie's Lost Dissertation] | ||
| + | * [https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/dmr/doceng22.pdf How did Dennis Ritchie Produce his PhD Thesis? A Typographical Mystery] | ||
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[[Category: People]] | [[Category: People]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:23, 22 March 2024
Dennis Ritchie (often referred to as dmr) was an influential American computer scientist, best known for his work on UNIX and the C programming language - both produced in collaboration with Ken Thompson.
He attended Harvard, where he received an undergraduate degree in 1963, and a doctoral degree in 1968. He went to work at Bell Labs in 1967, joining the Computing Sciences Research Center; he spent the rest of his career at the Labs, and its descendants. In 1968, he was part of the Bell team which joined the Multics project; after Bell pulled out of Multics, he and Thompson eventually fell into UNIX and C.
Further reading
- Brian Kernighan, UNIX: A History and a Memoir - has a brief bio of Ritchie at the end of Chapter 3
External links
- Dennis Ritchie's Home Page
- The Unix Time-sharing System (PDF) - 1978 BSTJ verson
- The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System (PDF)
- The UNIX Time-sharing System - A Retrospective (PDF)
- The Development of the C Language (PDF)
- Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix
- Papers about Unix Portability
- An amusing photo - "Ken and [DMR] in front of a PDP-11"
- Ken and DMR - from another angle
- Discovering Dennis Ritchie's Lost Dissertation
- How did Dennis Ritchie Produce his PhD Thesis? A Typographical Mystery
