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Dennis Ritchie's PhD Dissertation [pdf]

https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2020/05/102790971/Ritchie_dissertation.pdf

3•keepamovin•1h ago

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SetTheorist•51m ago

Background discussion: https://computerhistory.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies...

sizzzzlerz•48m ago

Typing an equation-heavy PhD dissertation in the days before word processors or tools like LaTeX were available must have been only slightly less involved than the research being written up.

gnabgib•37m ago

Somewhat related: How did Dennis Ritchie produce his PhD thesis? A typographical mystery (2022) [pdf] (477 points, 2023, 168 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35177110

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