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C Language

Most influential programming language ever; foundation of most modern languages and operating systems

USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 1972 Programming Languages

Key Facts

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    Developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs (1972); designed for Unix operating system development

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    Influenced C++, Java, C#, Python, Perl, PHP, Go and virtually every mainstream language

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    Still used for OS kernels (Linux, Windows), embedded systems, drivers and performance-critical code

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Almost every popular language borrows C syntax: Java, C++, Python, Go, JavaScript β€” "C is God's language"

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Year / Era

1972

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