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- C was developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories.
- It was created as an evolution of the B programming language for use on the Unix operating system.
- C was designed to be a powerful and versatile language that could be used for system-level programming tasks.
- The language provided low-level access to hardware while offering high-level constructs for program organization.
- C gained popularity due to its simplicity, efficiency, and portability.
- In 1989, the ANSI committee released the first official standard for C, known as ANSI C or C89.
- Standardization ensured that C programs could be easily ported across different systems.
- Subsequent versions and standards, such as C99 and C11, were introduced with additional features and improvements.
- C has influenced the development of numerous programming languages, including C++, Objective-C, and C#.
- It remains widely used today in areas such as systems programming and embedded systems.