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Father of C Programming : Dennis Ritchie

Born On September 9 1941
Born in New York" target="_blank">Bronxville - New York
Full Name Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
Nickname DMR
Nationality American
Graduate From Harvard University
Graduate In Physics and Applied Mathematics
Webpage http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/
Dead On October 12 2011

Dennis Ritchie : Known for

No What ?
1 Creator of C Programming
2 Creator of UNIX operating System
3 Co-author of “The C Programming Language”

Awards :

Year Award
1982 Ritchie and Ken Thompson jointly received the Turing Award for their development of generic operating systems theory
1999 Thompson and Ritchie jointly received the 1998 National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton for co-inventing the UNIX operating system and the C programming language

Photo Gallery :

Dennis Ritche : Father of C Programing Language

Dennis Ritche Father of C Programing Language

Dennis Ritche : In Award Function

Award Function - Dennis Ritche Father of C Programing Language

Dennis Ritche : With Ken Thompson (Creator of BCPL)

Dennis Ritche with Ken Thompson

Dennis Ritche : With Ken Thompson (In Laboratory)

Dennis Ritche with Ken Thompson in Laboratory

We Salute !!!!

Though this great Scientist have provided us such strong platform for development of programming language free, his death was unnoticed as compare to Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple). Development of C by Dennis Ritchie was milestone in the programming history.

Goodbye :

#include<belllab.h>
#include<unix.h>
#include<cprogramming.h>
void main()
{
printf("Good Bye , Dennis \n");
return(Loophole);
}