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[[User:Edlefma|Edlefma]] 11:45, 2 Sep 2008 (EST)
 
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As we talked about in class, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie jointly won the ACM Turing Award in 1983.  Here are links to their acceptance speaches.
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* [http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html Reflections on Trusting Trust] by Ken Thompson
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* [http://www.jdl.ac.cn/turing/pdf/p758-ritchie.pdf Reflections on Software Research] by Dennis Ritchie
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--[[User:Edlefma|Edlefma]] 22:17, 6 Sep 2008 (EST)

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Where are Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie now?

Ken Thompson works at Google now as, according to Wikipedia, a "Distinguished Engineer".

Dennis Ritchie still works at Bell Labs, which is now owned by Alcatel-Lucent.

Edlefma 11:45, 2 Sep 2008 (EST)

As we talked about in class, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie jointly won the ACM Turing Award in 1983. Here are links to their acceptance speaches.

--Edlefma 22:17, 6 Sep 2008 (EST)