The world has lost another computer pioneer. Dennis Ritchie, the computer scientist who invented the C programming language and co-developed the Unix operating system, has died at the age of 70. The ...

Computing pioneer Dennis Ritchie died this past weekend at age 70, becoming the second technology giant to pass within a week — the other, of course, being Apple’s Steve Jobs. Although Jobs was ...

As we noted earlier this week, one of the founding fathers of UNIX and the creator of C, Dennis Ritchie, passed away last weekend. While I feel that many in computer science and related fields knew of ...

Had I written this article a couple of days ago when Dennis Ritchie actually passed away, you probably would have heard it here on SlashGear first. As it stands, there have been quite a few ...

“I have memories of standing in circles of people, who didn’t realize who he was. They would offer some explanation about the C language, Dennis would politely offer an alternate opinion, and the ...

The world has lost another computer pioneer. Dennis Ritchie, the computer scientist who invented the C programming language and co-developped the Unix operating system, has died at the age of 70. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dennis Ritchie, a pioneer in computer programming, has died at age 70, according to his longtime employer. Ritchie created the popular C programming language and helped create the Unix ...

Dennis Ritchie, a computer scientist who changed modern technology by writing an elegantly simple computer programming language, was found dead at his home in Murray Hill, N.J., his former colleague ...

In addition to C, the pioneering computer scientist made significant contributions to Unix and received many awards honoring his work. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...

Computer science pioneer Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness, with people comparing his influence over the technology world as on the same level as Steve Jobs. Ritchie was one of the original ...

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