--- key: pl/c kind: plang name: "C" url: https://plangs.page/c --- # C > General-purpose language foundational in systems and application programming. 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. ## Facts - Appeared: 1972 - Homepage: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/ - Languish ranking: #10 ## Relationships ### Paradigms - [Compiled](https://plangs.page/paradigm/compiled) - [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose) - [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative) - [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi) - [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural) - [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured) ### Platforms - [Android](https://plangs.page/platform/android) - [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple) - [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd) - [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross) - [DOS](https://plangs.page/platform/dos) - [Embedded](https://plangs.page/platform/embedded) - [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux) - [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows) ### Type Systems - [Manifest](https://plangs.page/type-system/manifest) - [Nominal](https://plangs.page/type-system/nominal) - [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static) - [Weak](https://plangs.page/type-system/weak) ### Compiles To - [Assembly](https://plangs.page/assembly) - [WebAssembly](https://plangs.page/webassembly) ### Target Of - [Cython](https://plangs.page/cython) - [Gambit](https://plangs.page/gambit) - [Nim](https://plangs.page/nim) - [V](https://plangs.page/v) - [Vala](https://plangs.page/vala) ### Dialects - [C++](https://plangs.page/c++) - [Cilk](https://plangs.page/cilk) ### Implemented By - [Clang](https://plangs.page/clang) - [D](https://plangs.page/d) ### Influenced By - [Fortran](https://plangs.page/fortran) ### Influenced - [AWK](https://plangs.page/awk) - [Beef](https://plangs.page/beef) - [C#](https://plangs.page/c-sharp) - [C++](https://plangs.page/c++) - [c3](https://plangs.page/c3) - [Cilk](https://plangs.page/cilk) - [Cython](https://plangs.page/cython) - [D](https://plangs.page/d) - [Dart](https://plangs.page/dart) - [FAUST](https://plangs.page/faust) - [FreeBASIC](https://plangs.page/freebasic) - [Go](https://plangs.page/go) - [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript) - [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia) - [Lua](https://plangs.page/lua) - [LuaJIT](https://plangs.page/luajit) - [Nim](https://plangs.page/nim) - [Objective-C](https://plangs.page/objective-c) - [OCaml](https://plangs.page/ocaml) - [Odin](https://plangs.page/odin) - [Perl](https://plangs.page/perl) - [PHP](https://plangs.page/php) - [Processing](https://plangs.page/processing) - [Python](https://plangs.page/python) - [Rust](https://plangs.page/rust) - [Scopes](https://plangs.page/scopes) - [Swift](https://plangs.page/swift) - [Vala](https://plangs.page/vala) - [Whiley](https://plangs.page/whiley) - [Wolfram Language](https://plangs.page/wolfram-language) - [Zig](https://plangs.page/zig) ### Used to Write - [Bash](https://plangs.page/bash) - [C++](https://plangs.page/c++) - [c3](https://plangs.page/c3) - [Cassette](https://plangs.page/casette) - [CircuitPython](https://plangs.page/circuitpython) - [Clean](https://plangs.page/clean) - [Clozure CL](https://plangs.page/clozure) - [Csound](https://plangs.page/csound) - [Emacs Lisp](https://plangs.page/emacs-lisp) - [Erlang](https://plangs.page/erlang) - [Extempore](https://plangs.page/extempore) - [Flutter](https://plangs.page/flutter) - [FreeBASIC](https://plangs.page/freebasic) - [Gambit](https://plangs.page/gambit) - [Gforth](https://plangs.page/gforth) - [Gravity](https://plangs.page/gravity) - [Intel Fortran](https://plangs.page/intel-fortran) - [Io](https://plangs.page/io) - [Janet](https://plangs.page/janet) - [Java](https://plangs.page/java) - [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript) - [jq](https://plangs.page/jq) - [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia) - [KornShell](https://plangs.page/kornshell) - [LabVIEW](https://plangs.page/labview) - [Lua](https://plangs.page/lua) - [LuaJIT](https://plangs.page/luajit) - [Luau](https://plangs.page/luau) - [Max](https://plangs.page/max-msp) - [MicroPython](https://plangs.page/micropython) - [Mono](https://plangs.page/mono) - [mruby](https://plangs.page/mruby) - [Nim](https://plangs.page/nim) - [Node.js](https://plangs.page/node) - [Objective-C](https://plangs.page/objective-c) - [OCaml](https://plangs.page/ocaml) - [Perl](https://plangs.page/perl) - [PHP](https://plangs.page/php) - [Pony](https://plangs.page/pony) - [Pure Data](https://plangs.page/puredata) - [PyPy](https://plangs.page/pypy) - [Python](https://plangs.page/python) - [R](https://plangs.page/r) - [R5RS](https://plangs.page/r5rs) - [Red](https://plangs.page/red) - [Ruby](https://plangs.page/ruby) - [SBCL](https://plangs.page/sbcl) - [sed](https://plangs.page/sed) - [Slog](https://plangs.page/slog) - [Standard ML](https://plangs.page/standard-ml) - [SWI-Prolog](https://plangs.page/swi-prolog) - [Tcl](https://plangs.page/tcl) - [Trealla Prolog](https://plangs.page/trealla) - [V](https://plangs.page/v) - [Vala](https://plangs.page/vala) - [XSB](https://plangs.page/xsb) - [Yabasic](https://plangs.page/yabasic) ### Licenses - [BSD](https://plangs.page/license/bsd) ### Subsystems - [PostgreSQL](https://plangs.page/subsystem/pgsql) ### Tool Plang - [entr](https://plangs.page/tool/entr) - [tmux](https://plangs.page/tool/tmux) ### Tags - [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app) - [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework) - [Assembler](https://plangs.page/tag/asm) - [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler) - [Embedded System](https://plangs.page/tag/embedded) - [Flow-Based](https://plangs.page/tag/flow) - [GUI](https://plangs.page/tag/gui) - [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial) - [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters) - [Mathematical Modeling](https://plangs.page/tag/modeling) - [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting) - [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell) - [Testing](https://plangs.page/tag/testing) - [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz) - [Wavelet](https://plangs.page/tag/wavelet) ### Communities - [BEMBEM](https://plangs.page/community/bembem) ### Learning Resources - [Crafting Interpreters](https://plangs.page/learning/nystrom-interpreters)