Dennis Ritchie

The Father of C Language Missed His PhD Due to Refusal to Pay Binding Fees, His Thesis Resurfaces 52 Years Later

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The Father of C Language Missed His PhD Due to Refusal to Pay Binding Fees, His Thesis Resurfaces 52 Years Later

He is the father of the C language, the recipient of the Turing Award in 1983, and a key developer of Unix. However, he missed out on his PhD due to his “stubbornness,” and his doctoral thesis was lost for half a century. Now, this mysterious doctoral thesis has finally resurfaced. Image of Dennis Ritchie … Read more

Remembering Dennis Ritchie: Six Years Since His Passing

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Remembering Dennis Ritchie: Six Years Since His Passing

(Click the public account above to follow quickly) 【Introduction】: Unknowingly, it has been six years since Dennis Ritchie left us. On October 12, 2011, Rob Pike, a colleague who worked with Ritchie for over 20 years, visited him in New Jersey from California, only to find that he had passed away. Due to living alone, … Read more