Dennis Ritchie '63, The Man Behind Your Technology . By Laya Anasu, Crimson Staff Writer “I have memories of standing in circles of people, who didn’t realize who he was.

The tributes to Dennis Ritchie won’t match the river of praise that spilled out over the web after the death of Steve Jobs. But they should. CNN values your feedback ...

Dennis Ritchie, whose work creating the C programming language and the Unix operating system became the cornerstone of today's modern world of computing, has died. He was 70. Ritchie's death was ...

Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system passed away on October 8 at the age of 70, leaving a legacy that casts a very long shadow.

The tributes to Dennis Ritchie won’t match the river of praise that spilled out over the web after the death of Steve Jobs. But they should. And then some. “When Steve Jobs died last week ...

Linus Torvalds once said, in reference to the development of Linux, that he “had hoisted [himself] up on the shoulders of giants.” Among those giants, Dennis Ritchie (aka dmr) was likely the ...

Dennis Ritchie, C Programmer And Unix Co-Creator, Has Died : The Two-Way He was a titan of the computer industry who had enormous influence on the work programmers do. The Two-Way.

This morning the news came over the internet: Dennis Ritchie has died. Dr. Ritchie doesn't have the mainstream adoring following of Steve Jobs, but he can take considerably more credit for the ...