“UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.”
Why Dennis is the canonical The Tech Genius
Ritchie created the C programming language and co-created UNIX with Ken Thompson at Bell Labs. C and UNIX are the base technology virtually every later software cycle is built on, making him the canonical inventor-of-the-foundation figure.
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