Programming Language
C Appeared 1972
General-purpose programming language developed at Bell Labs in the early 1970s, known for its low-level capabilities and is foundational in developing operating systems, system software, and various applications.
Trends languish rank #10 languish — 68 periods, 2008Q3 to 2025Q2 2008Q3 2025Q2
Influence graph Influence graph for C: 1 influencing languages, 2 family links Fortran influenced C C compiles to Assembly C compiles to WebAssembly Fortran C Assembly WebAssembly Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Dashed: compiles to / is a dialect of / implements. Descendants graph Descendants graph for C: 30 languages it influenced, 83 influence links C influenced AWK C influenced Beef C++ influenced Beef Rust influenced Beef C influenced C++ C influenced C# C++ influenced C# D influenced C# C influenced c3 C influenced Cilk C++ influenced Cilk C influenced Cython Python influenced Cython C influenced D C++ influenced D C# influenced D Python influenced D C influenced Dart C++ influenced Dart C# influenced Dart JavaScript influenced Dart C influenced FAUST C influenced FreeBASIC C influenced Go D influenced Go Python influenced Go AWK influenced JavaScript C influenced JavaScript Lua influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript C influenced Julia Lua influenced Julia Perl influenced Julia Python influenced Julia Wolfram Language influenced Julia AWK influenced Lua C influenced Lua C++ influenced Lua C influenced LuaJIT Lua influenced LuaJIT C influenced Nim C++ influenced Nim Python influenced Nim Rust influenced Nim C influenced Objective-C C influenced OCaml C influenced Odin AWK influenced Perl C influenced Perl C++ influenced Perl C influenced PHP Perl influenced PHP C influenced Processing C influenced Python C++ influenced Python Perl influenced Python C influenced Rust C++ influenced Rust C# influenced Rust Cilk influenced Rust D influenced Rust JavaScript influenced Rust OCaml influenced Rust Swift influenced Rust C influenced Scopes Python influenced Scopes C influenced Swift C# influenced Swift D influenced Swift Objective-C influenced Swift Python influenced Swift Rust influenced Swift C influenced Vala C# influenced Vala D influenced Vala C influenced Wolfram Language C++ influenced Wolfram Language C influenced Zig C++ influenced Zig Go influenced Zig JavaScript influenced Zig Rust influenced Zig C AWK C++ Perl Python D Lua C# Objective-C Cilk JavaScript Swift OCaml Go Rust Wolfram Language c3 Cython Beef Dart FAUST FreeBASIC Julia LuaJIT Zig Nim Odin PHP Processing Vala Scopes Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Showing the 30 most influential of the 31 languages C directly influenced. 