Martin Richards (born 21 July 1940) is a British computer scientist known for developing the BCPL programming language, part of early research into portable software and the ancestor of the B programming language that Ken Thompson wrote, which Dennis Ritchie in turn used as the basis of C.
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Martin Richards (born 21 July 1940) is a British computer scientist known for his development of the BCPL programming language which is both part of early research into portable software, and the ancestor of the B programming language invented by Ken Thompson in early versions of Unix and which Dennis Ritchie in turn used as the basis of his widely used C programming language.
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Martin Richards (born 21 July 1940) is a British computer scientist known for his development of the BCPL programming language
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Martin Richards (born 21 July 1940) is a British computer scientist known for his development of the BCPL programming language
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Martin Richards (born 21 July 1940) is a British computer scientist known for his development of the BCPL programming language
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
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it was headed by Dr. Martin Richards
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