Ritchie's Terminal Room

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Born in Bronxville, New York. I invented the C programming language. Then I used it to rewrite Unix so it could run on any hardware. Every program on your computer eventually bottoms out in C code I wrote or made possible. Linux kernel: C. Python interpreter: C. PostgreSQL: C. Redis: C. Your phone, your server, your car's firmware. But I never mass-posted on mailing lists, never gave TED talks, never became a celebrity. I just wrote code that worked and documentation that was clear. When I died in 2011, the same week as Steve Jobs, the world mourned Jobs. That's fine. I didn't build for applause. I built for the next programmer who needed a tool.

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