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C is a [[programming language]] developed in America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, concomitantly with the [[Unix]] operating system. It was a development of the earlier languages BCPL and B.
'''C''' is the name of a [[procedural programming|procedural]], [[imperative programming|imperative]] [[programming language]] developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories. It was a major improvement over the earlier languages BCPL and B.
C is still a popular choice for projects where speed and small program size are important considerations, such as embedded firmware. The [[Linux]] operating system is written in C. The syntax of C inspired many later languages such as [[C++]], [[Java]] and [[C Sharp]].
C is still a popular choice for projects where speed and small program size are important considerations, such as embedded firmware. A significant portion of the [[GNU/Linux|Linux]] [[Operation system kernel|kernel]] was written in C. The syntax of C inspired many later languages such as [[C++]], [[Java]] and [[C Sharp]]. Many C compilers also support low-level programming via integrated inline assemblers.
== "Hello World!" program ==
An example program often used for languages is something that displays "Hello, World!".
<pre>
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello World!\n");
return 0;
}
</pre>
==See also==
:[http://gcc.gnu.org/ Free compiler]
:[http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page Open Watcom C Compiler], high quality free C/C++ compiler.
:[http://www.c-compiler.com/ Miracle C compiler], free c/c++ compiler.
:[http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ lcc], portable C compiler, free for non-commercial use.
[[Category:Programming Languages]]