Victor A. Vyssotsky

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Victor A. Vyssotsky
BornFebruary 26, 1931
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 24, 2012 (aged 81)
Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S.
RelativesAlexander Vyssotsky (father)
Emma Vyssotsky (mother)[1][2]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer programming

Victor Alexander Vyssotsky (February 26, 1931 – December 24, 2012) was a

Ken Thompson to develop Unix.[3]
Later, Vyssotsky was the founding director of Digital's Cambridge Research Lab.

In 1960, Vyssotsky co-created the BLODI Block Diagram Compiler at

computer game Darwin (later known as Core War) on an IBM 7090 at Bell Labs.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Dwarf star discoverer, Vyssotsky dead at 85". The Orlando Sentinel. 1 January 1974, p. 5
  2. ^ Alexander N. Vyssotsky. University of Virginia
  3. ^ Ned Pierce (January 1985). "Putting Unix in Perspective". Unix Review: 59.
  4. ^ Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. List of Significant Innovations & Discoveries (1925–1983). ethw.org
  5. ^ Darwin. corewar.co.uk

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