Introduction To C


Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie

C programming is considered as the base for other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother language.

Because most compilers, JVMs, kernels, etc. are written in C, and because most programming languages (such C++, Java, C#, etc.) adopt C syntax, C language is regarded as the mother tongue of all current programming languages.

It offers the fundamental ideas used in numerous languages, including C++, Java, C#, and others, such as the array, strings, functions, file management, etc.

C programming language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at bell laboratories of AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph), located in the U.S.A.

It was developed to overcome the problems of previous languages such as B, BCPL, etc.

Initially, C language was developed to be used in UNIX operating system. It inherits many features of previous languages such as B and BCPL.

Let's see the programming languages that were developed before C language.

LanguageYearDeveloped By
Algol1960International Group
BCPL1967Martin Richard
B1970Ken Thompson
Traditional C1972Dennis Ritchie
K & R C1978Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie
ANSI C1989ANSI Committee
ANSI/ISO C1990ISO Committee
C991999Standardization Committee


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