Quotes by Dennis Ritchie

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A language that doesn’t have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

Computer

Language

Simplicity

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.

Inferno

June

Release

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

People

Point Break

Stressed

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.

Groups

Successful

Unity

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

Different

Machines

Unix

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

Faster

Growing

Java

For books, I don’t read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science.

Book

Fiction

Pops

From an operating system research point of view, Unix is if not dead certainly old stuff, and it’s clear that people should be looking beyond it.

People

Research

Views

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

Definitions

Fate

Matter

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio – I’m not an audiophile.

Classical Music

Radio

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Advice

Book

Cards

Careers

Classical Music

Computer

Data

Definitions

Different

Done

Expected

Faster

Fate

Fiction

Filled Out

Genius

Giving

Groups

Growing

Hierarchy

Home

Humorous

Ideas

Inferno

Influence

Java

Jobs

Journey

June

Language

Learning

Long

Machines

Matter

Microsoft

Niche

Numbers

People

Persons

Point Break

Pops

Radio

Real

Records

Release

Research

School

Simple

Simplicity

Sometimes

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Quotes by Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie

A language that doesn’t have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

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.

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

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.

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

For books, I don’t read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science.

From an operating system research point of view, Unix is if not dead certainly old stuff, and it’s clear that people should be looking beyond it.

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

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio – I’m not an audiophile.

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