Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie: The Co-Creators of The C Programming Language
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie: The Co-Creators of The C Programming Language The more than four decades of computing history have seen many great minds who have shaped and revolutionized the way computers are used today. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie are two such names that will remain imperishable in the annals of computing history. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie were the pride of the Bell Labs. Being part of the team at the Department of Computer Science at Bell Labs, the duo contributed to the development of the C Programming Language. Contributing to the research and development of Unix, the two geniuses stepped up to create a new programming language with an easier to use system for the Bell Labs. Kernighan and Ritchie’s efforts gave birth to one of the most influential computer programming languages of all time - The C Programming Language. Being first released in 1972, C still continues to be widely used for many applications from web programming to embedded syst...