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History of C programming language

C (pronounced like the letter C) is a general-purpose computer programming language developed C (pronounced like the letter C) is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system. C was designed for implementing system software, but it became so popular that its widely used for developing portable application software. C came from Thompson's B language. The main intention of C language was to make more readable programming language than the assembly language, which was used for system programming, low level access to CPU/Sytem registers and all. C was the language which evolved to be the most popular langage of all time. It can be used for making system level, low level programming, high level programming, application programming, creating compilers etc The initial development of C occurred at AT&T Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973 according...