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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
American Scientist
Born: Sep 9, 1941
About Done Had Language Will Work
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UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. Dennis Ritchie
You Genius Simple Simplicity System Operating Operating System Understand Basically UNIX
At MIT, mostly what I did was documentation. I sort of read things. Wrote some descriptions of various aspects of the file system. Did not really do very much programming at all. At least on Multics. Dennis Ritchie
Programming System Some Various Wrote Documentation Mostly Read Sort Least MIT Very Did Much Really Aspects File Descriptions Things
When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd. Dennis Ritchie
Advice Thanks Think Worldwide Back About Give Crowd Developed Read Go Commentary Often Where Should Suggestions
Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role. Dennis Ritchie
Past Several More Over Been Years Role Managerial
For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace. Dennis Ritchie
Technology Will Infrastructure Hard Displace
I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things. Dennis Ritchie
More Make Fix Often Scripts Then Tweak Now Now And Then Things
I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time. Dennis Ritchie
Time Long Too Done Which Reasonable Travelling Amount Enjoyed
A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova. Dennis Ritchie
Time Release System About Announced New Began June Inferno Same Same Time Happened Which Plan Here
The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central. Dennis Ritchie
Will Become Programming Relatively Kind Slowly Similar More Remain Absolutely Continue Provides Central Decline Usage
At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. Dennis Ritchie
Me People Language Advice About General Write Mail New For The People Learn How Least Send Who Designing
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate. Dennis Ritchie
Fate Matter Language Control Difficulty Definition Tried Inventors Mention Open Tight Making Discussion Any Languages Ill Keep Whose Recall Consequent
C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group. Dennis Ritchie
Group Unity Other Approach Ways Small Small Group Stems Development Like Lot Successful Certain Many Things Peculiar
The first phase of C was - really, it was two phases in short succession of, first, some language changes from B, really adding the type structure without too much change in the syntax, and doing the compiler. The second phase was slower; it all took place within a very few years, but it was a bit slower, so it seemed. Dennis Ritchie
Change Language Too Much First Few Too Changes Took Type Adding Syntax Bit Slower Some Seemed Structure First Phase Within Without Doing Years Very Short Place Much Really Succession Phase Second Phases Two

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