R.I.P. dmr

During his lifetime, Dennis M. Ritchie received several awards for his contributions to computer science. Here, he is receiving the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 1999. He passed away on October eighth at the age of seventy.

With his colleagues at Bell Labs, Ritchie developed the C programming language and the UNIX operating system.

Many have learned a lot from him. Writing for Wired, Sean Gallagher wrote, "Every bit of software that makes it possible for you to read this page has a trace of dmr’s DNA in it."

The New York Times' story is "Dennis Ritchie, Trailblazer in Digital Era, Dies at 70."

The Washington Post's story is "Dennis Ritchie, father of C programming language and Unix, dies at 70."

Wired's story is "Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Co-Developer of Unix, Dies."

Dennis Ritchie's Bell Labs home page is here.