History of 'C' language



‘C' language has evolved from three different structure language Algol, BCPL & B. It uses many concept from this language while introduced many new concepts such as data types, structure, pointers etc.

The idea behind creating ‘C' language was to create an easy language which requires a simple compiler & enables programmers to efficiently interact with the system just like machine instructions.

C language compiler convert the readable C language program into machine instruction.

In 1988 ,the language was formalized by American National standards Institute (ANSI).

In 1990 ,A version of ‘C’ language was approved by the international standards organization (ISO) & that version of ‘C' is also referred as C89



Year                                         Developed by

1960                                International group

1967                                     Martin Richard

1970                                   Ken Thompson

1973                                     Dennis Ritchie

1988                                    ANSI Commitee

1990                                      ISO Commitee


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