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w8rbt
6y ago
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Ken Thompson wrote B which is the direct predecessor of C. He was and is certainly a language designer and implementer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(programming_language)
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apta
6y ago
He falls under the "and/or did not research established options in other language as per their admittance" part of my previous statement. Not to mention that B nor C encompass lessons learned since their design.
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