• 1931
    (b.) -
    1989
    (d.)

Bio/Description

Contributor to early versions of the Unix operating system, including the sed stream editor, McMahon worked for Bell Labs from 1963 until 1989.

McMahon was a computer scientist who graduated from St. Louis University and obtained a Ph.D. in Psychology at Harvard. He was also responsible for the McMahon system tournament named after him.

  • Date of Birth:

    1931
  • Date of Death:

    1989
  • Gender:

    Male
  • Noted For:

    Contributor to the creation of UNIX
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