Victor A. Vyssotsky

American mathematician and computer scientist

Victor A. Vyssotsky

Born	February 26, 1931 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 24, 2012 (aged 81) Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S.
Relatives	Alexander Vyssotsky (father) Emma Vyssotsky (mother)^[1]^[2]
Scientific career
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.
^ 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

Multics

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