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    1. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      3/ Dennis Ritchie had decided to study physics. But a chance lecture he attended - on Harvard's computer system, the Univac I - changed the course of his life. At the time, computers were not widely understood and programming was not a degree. But Ritchie was hooked.pic.twitter.com/yIWFVWDhwE

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    2. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      4/ He took a job at a computer lab at the nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he sunk his teeth into the world of computers. His intellectual curiosity knew no bounds. Ritchie dove headfirst into the new field, absorbing everything it had to offer.

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    3. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      5/ By the time he graduated from Harvard with a degree in physics, Dennis Ritchie had decided that he would spend his life working with computers. In 1967, he joined Bell Labs to begin his life's work.pic.twitter.com/y6JgAU48sc

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    4. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      6/ Ritchie was paired with Ken Thompson, a similarly young, ambitious programmer from UC Berkeley. From the start, it was clear that the two were kindred spirits. They began work on operating system design - creating the systems that manage a computer's basic functions.pic.twitter.com/qGBCXHwtKm

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    5. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      7/ Ritchie and Thompson had observed that minicomputers were the future, but believed a simpler operating system would be required to manage and streamline interactions between multiple computers. To meet this future need, they started working on the UNIX operating system.pic.twitter.com/nAayceUSp6

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    6. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      8/ As the pair began building UNIX, they realized that the assembly language (low-level programming language) they were using was too rigid for their use case. Dennis Ritchie proposed creating a new, higher-level language. This idea, and his creation, would change the world.

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    7. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      9/ Dennis Ritchie's new programming language - which he named "C" (it was based on Thompson's "B" language) - gave the pair what they needed. They completed the UNIX build. Its unique structure made possible a new level of portability not previously seen in operating systems.

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    8. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      10/ As with most transformative innovations, it took time for the full impact of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system to be felt. Interestingly, it was the open-source, non-controlling approach to the new innovations that sparked their widespread adoption.

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    9. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

      11/ In 1973, Dennis Ritchie published a research paper on the C programming language. Several years later, he and a colleague co-authored a book - The C Programming Language - which would become a Bible of sorts to young programmers around the world.

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    10. Sahil Bloom‏Verified account @SahilBloom 7 Mar 2021

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      12/ The book's power was in its elegant simplicity. Rob Pike, Ritchie's colleague and a veritable programming legend in his own right, called it, "a model of clarity and readability...justifiably a classic."https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1358108840198168576?s=20 …

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      Sahil BloomVerified account @SahilBloom
      The Feynman Technique is a foundational mental model for unlocking growth in your career, startup, business, or writing. A thread on how it works and how it can change your life... pic.twitter.com/7MFj3luEIr
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Mar 2021
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      Well maybe name that co-author, Brian Kernighan, whose contributions are nothing to sneeze at. Model of clarity and readability didn’t happen out of nowhere! Brian is still with us, too.

      9:42 AM - 7 Mar 2021
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        1. Joshua Goins‏ @joshuagoins 7 Mar 2021
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          I highly recommend this interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo …

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