Dennis Ritchie

The computer scientist wrote the popular C programming language in the early 1970s and helped develop the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PRDCES000042" title="Unix" href="/topic/services-shopping/computers-software/unix-PRDCES000042.topic">Unix</a> operating system. He was 70. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dennis-ritchie-20111014,0,1279725.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a>
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( Associated Press )

The computer scientist wrote the popular C programming language in the early 1970s and helped develop the Unix operating system. He was 70. Full obituary

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