Red Hat Takes Its Hat Off to Dennis Ritchie

“UNIX code was also shared with universities where it became the
foundation of the learning and advancement of operating system
practices. Similarly, the C programming language became a staple of
the computer science classroom. Many of us literally grew up in
Dennis’ technical shadow and still have his book, The C Programming
Language, co-authored with Brian Kernighan and more fondly referred
to as K & R, on our shelves. It remains a source of inspiration
and practical help to programmers to this day.

Most of what we do is heavily influenced by Dennis’s outstanding
contributions – both in the technical arena and as a founder
of the concept of community development.

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