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Pat Villani
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<p>Pasquale "Pat" J. Villani (18 April 1954 – 27 August 2011) was an American <a href="/facts/Computer_programmer/WGTS1Jv9">computer programmer</a>, author, and advocate of <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a>, best known for his creation of DOS-C, a <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a> <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> written in the <a href="/facts/C_language/Ky2No763">C language</a> and subsequently adapted as the <a href="/facts/Kernel_(operating_system)/uEj4U3Rz">kernel</a> of the <a href="/facts/FreeDOS/61fuGd0j">FreeDOS</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> and a number of other projects including <a href="/facts/DOSEMU/wlRNj9wS">DOSEMU</a> for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>. He used to sign his edits with <a href="/facts/Siglum/mIjpNX2u">siglum</a> "patv". </p>