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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29 C (Wikipedia)] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29 C (Wikipedia)] | ||
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* [http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1570.pdf 2011 version of C standard] | * [http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1570.pdf 2011 version of C standard] | ||
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C is an extremely influential programming language closely tied to the Unix operating system. Descended from the earlier BCPL and B programming languages, it in turn spawned C++, C# and Objective-C, and had a strong influence on many other programming languages including Java and Perl. Such syntactic elements of C as the use of curly braces to surround program code blocks and the use of a single equal sign for assignment and a double equal sign for comparison were adopted in numerous languages.
Prior to the release of official standards for the language, the unofficial "standard" was the book The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, published in 1978 and known to programmers as "K&R".
