C (programming language)
C ( / s iː / , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , imperative computer programming language , supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , including operating systems , as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems .
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C ( / s iː / , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , imperative computer programming language , supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , including operating systems , as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems . |
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C ( / s iː / , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , imperative computer programming language , supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , including operating systems , as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems . |
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C ( / ˈ s iː / , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , imperative computer programming language , supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , including operating systems , as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems . |
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C ( / ˈ s iː / , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , imperative computer programming language , supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , including operating systems , as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems . |
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In computing , C ( / ˈ s iː / , as in the letter C ) is a general-purpose programming language initially developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs . [5] [6] Like most imperative languages in the ALGOL tradition, C has facilities for structured programming and allows lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. Its design provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , most notably system software like the Unix computer operating system . [7] |
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In computing , C ( / ˈ s iː / , as in the letter C ) is a general-purpose programming language initially developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs . [4] Like most imperative languages in the ALGOL tradition, C has facilities for structured programming and allows lexical variable scope and recursion , while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. Its design provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions , and therefore it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , most notably system software like the Unix computer operating system . [5] |
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In computing , C ( / ˈ s iː / , like the letter C ) is a general-purpose programming language initially developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs . [3] Its design provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, and therefore it found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language , most notably system software like the Unix computer operating system . [4] |
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C (pronounced like the letter C ) is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [3] |
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C ( pronounced /ˈsiː/ (deprecated template) see ) is a general-purpose computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [3] |
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C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [2] |
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In computing , C is a general-purpose computer programming language originally developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [2] |
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C is a general-purpose, block structured , procedural , imperative computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [1] It has since spread to many other platforms. Although C was designed as a system implementation language , [2] [3] it is also widely used for applications . C has also greatly influenced many other popular languages, [4] especially C++ , which was originally designed as an extension to C. |
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C is a general-purpose, procedural , imperative computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system . [1] It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is now one of the most widely used programming languages. C has also greatly influenced many other popular languages, [2] especially C++ , which was originally designed as an enhancement to C. It is the most commonly used programming language for writing system software , [3] [4] though it is also widely used for writing applications . |
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The C programming language is a standardized imperative computer programming language developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie for use on the Unix operating system . It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is one of the most widely used programming languages. C is prized for its efficiency, and is the most popular programming language for writing system software , though it is also used for writing applications . It is also commonly used in computer science education , despite not being designed for novices. |
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The C programming language is a low-level standardized programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the UNIX operating system . It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is one of the most widely used programming languages. C is prized for its efficiency, and is the most popular programming language for writing system software , though it is also used for writing applications . It is also commonly used in computer science education , despite not being designed for novices. |
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C is a programming language that was designed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s to be used for operating system implementation and other low-level programming tasks. |
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C is a programming language that was designed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s to be used for operating system implementation and other low-level programming tasks. |