C is a general-purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs, evolving from the earlier language B written by Ken Thompson. It was designed to write the Unix operating system, which was rewritten in C in 1973, making Unix easier to move between different computers. The language offers direct access to memory and efficient machine code while remaining relatively simple. The book The C Programming Language, by Brian Kernighan and Ritchie, published in 1978, became its informal standard, followed by an official ANSI standard in 1989. C is still widely used for operating systems and embedded devices, and it influenced C++, Java, JavaScript and many other languages.
Before and after
- 21 December 1971Founding of Médecins Sans Frontières
- 25 December 1971Birth of Justin Trudeau
- 26 December 1971Birth of Jared Leto
- 1972Saturn Awards
- 1972Creation of C
- 1972Creation of Prolog
- from 1972 to 2000Construction of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
- 1972Creation of Smalltalk
- 1972Establishment of Taï National Park
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
- 20 October 2004Creation of Ubuntu
The era
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