The C Programming language is one of the oldest programming languages still in common usage. Originally developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs as part of the Unix operating system project it has grown to be one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. It has also inspired many of the languages that came after it lending them it's concepts and syntax.
C is relatively simple as programming languages go but that simplicity is it's biggest strength. It's easy to learn but hard to master. Given enough effort you can do almost anything in C.
Versions
| Version | Description | Release date |
| K&R C | Book published by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan describing the language | 1978 |
| ANSI C | ANSI standardization of the language | 1989 |
| C99 | Revision of the ANSI standard | 1999 |
| C11 | Revision of the C99 standard | 2011 |
| C18 | Technical corrections and clarification of the C11 standard | 2018 |