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-One of the most widely recognised programming languages
in the world. [C],
was written
by [K&R]
to write their portable OperatingSystem in which they called
[Unix]. [C]
was originally derived from [BCPL], however it has
evolved radically from it's predecessor. Often described as a portable assembler
.
[C] is a great systems language
, but is
blamed for many problems with applications which many complain it is unsuited for.
[C] has inspired an entire class of languages, including [C++] which some say fixes many problems with C, while others debate is just a horrible mess. [Java] has decended from [C++] as a portable, clean object orientated language
, and which in turn is the father
for [CSharp] Microsofts
new language.
+One of the most widely recognised [ProgrammingLanguage]s
in the world.
+
+It
was designed
by DennisRitchie (along with other famous people such as KenThompson and BrianKernighan) as the SystemsProgrammingLanguage
to write their portable [Unix] OperatingSystem in
. It
was originally derived from [BCPL] but
evolved radically. [C] is a great SystemsProgrammingLanguage
, but blamed for many problems with applications which many complain it is unsuited for.
+
+From fortune(6):
+
+;; C, n. : A ProgrammingLanguage that is sort of like [Pascal] except more like AssemblyLanguage except that it isn't very much like either one, or anything else. It is either the best language available to the art today, or it isn't. %%% -- Ray Simard
+
+and
+
+;: "The C Programming Language -- A language which combines the flexibility of AssemblyLanguage with the power of AssemblyLanguage."
+
+
[C] has inspired an entire class of languages, including [C++] which some say fixes many problems with [
C]
, while others debate is just a horrible mess. [Java] has decended from [C++] as a portable, clean ObjectOrientatedProgrammingLanguage
, and which in turn is the inspiration
for [CSharp], MicrosoftCorporation's
new language.
+
+See the [C History|http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html]
.
I recommend you learn [C], and use it for writing OperatingSystems, and understanding how things actually are implemented, but then code in some other programming language if you are going to write applications, especially networking programs.
+
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+The following example is a program to approximate the value of pi (Compile it with "gcc -traditional-cpp -o pi pi.c"). If you want a better approximation, increase the program's source code area :).
+
+ /*
+ * Program to compute an approximation of pi
+ * by Brian Westley, 1988
+ */
+
+ #define _ -F<00||--F-OO--;
+ int F=00,OO=00;
+ main(){F_OO();printf("%1.3f\n",4.*-F/OO/OO);}F_OO()
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+(As seen in [JargonFile:Obfuscated-C-Contest.html])
+----
+
+Various snippets of information about [C] in the wiki:
+* CastingPointerToFunction
+
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+CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryImperativeProgrammingLanguages, CategoryMachineOrientedProgrammingLanguages, CategorySystemsProgrammingLanguages
