What is C language?

hossamaboali55
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C is a general-purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Laboratories in 1972.

It is a very popular language, despite being old. The main reason for its popularity is because it is a fundamental language in the field of computer science.

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  • Unknown
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    If I remember correctly, the C language (the second version after A) was developed to implement the Unix operating system. $0.02

  • hossamaboali55
    hossamaboali55 Posts: 4 researcher rank

    That's correct ! The C programming language was indeed developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in the early 1970s primarily for implementing the Unix operating system. C's simplicity, efficiency, and ability to access low-level features made it an ideal language for system programming, including operating systems like Unix.

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