c

Summary

C is a procedural programming language that provides high-level abstractions but maintains close mappings to machine-level operations. It is known for its efficiency, portability, and ability to directly manipulate memory, making it ideal for systems programming.

Paradigms

imperative, procedural, structured

Domains

systems programming, operating systems, embedded systems, compiler, interpreter

Typing

static system, non-structural typing, weak typing, none inference, compile-time checking, moderate type coercion, required type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

B, ALGOL 68, BCPL, Fortran, assembly language, ALGOL, PL/I, ALGOL 60, CPL

Influenced

C#, nesC, Odin, Monkey X, Wolfram Language, Game Maker Language, Not eXactly C, SolidThinking Embed, Ballerina, BitC, JS++, Ring, Claire, D, GNU Awk, JavaScript, Pike, Alef, Swift, V, PureBasic, MicroPython, Crystal, Cyclone, Java, Maya Embedded Language, AMPL, Concurrent C, Perl, FreeBASIC, MIVA Script, MATLAB, Chaos, HolyC, C shell, Tcl, LPC, Julia, Cilk, Jai, Linden Scripting Language, Chapel, Go, Processing, Zig, Newsqueak, Python, NCL, AWK, S, Charm, Not Quite C, Ratfor, Vala, EventScripts, PHP, Seed7, ZPL, Next Byte Codes, eC, Handel-C, C3, C++, Cython, C--, THINK C, Objective-C, Whiley, Limbo, Pawn, Scol

Ratings

File extensions

c, cats, h, h.in, idc

External Links

• c official site
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• r/C_Programming subreddit
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