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UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or at any rate, a programmer) to understand and appreciate its simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
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Dennis Ritchie
Age: 70 †
Born: 1941
Born: September 9
Died: 2011
Died: October 12
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