Victor A. Vyssotsky

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.

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

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
  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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