Biography:Victor A. Vyssotsky
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Short description: American mathematician and computer scientist
Victor A. Vyssotsky | |
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| Born | February 26, 1931 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 2012 (aged 81) Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Fields | Computer programming |
Victor Alexander Vyssotsky (February 26, 1931 – December 24, 2012) was a mathematician and computer scientist. He was the technical head of the Multics project at Bell Labs and later executive director of Research in the Information Systems Division of AT&T Bell Labs. Multics, whilst not particularly commercially successful in itself, directly inspired 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 Bell Labs.[4] In 1961, together with Robert Morris Sr. and Doug McIlroy, he devised the computer game Darwin (later known as Core War) on an IBM 7090 at Bell Labs.[5]
References
- ↑ "Dwarf star discoverer, Vyssotsky dead at 85". The Orlando Sentinel. 1 January 1974, p. 5
- ↑ Alexander N. Vyssotsky. University of Virginia
- ↑ Ned Pierce (January 1985). "Putting Unix in Perspective". Unix Review: 59. https://www.tuhs.org/Mirror/Hauben/unix-Part_I.html.
- ↑ Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. List of Significant Innovations & Discoveries (1925–1983). ethw.org
- ↑ Darwin. corewar.co.uk
External links
- Core War at Virus Bulletin: Resources
- Victor A. Vyssotsky hosts a UNIX documentary UNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell Laboratories
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