C History


C programming language was developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT & T Bell Laboratories of the USA in 1972.

C language most widely used programming languages of all time.

C Programming language developed for used in Unix operating system.

C language obtained many features from previous languages such as B and BCPL.


Programming languages developed before C Language:-

  • Algol Developed By International Group in 1960.
  • BCPL Developed By Martin Richard in 1967.
  • B Developed By Ken Thompson in 1970.
  • Traditional C Developed By Dennis Ritchie in 1972.
  • ANSI C Developed By ANSI Committee in 1989.
  • ANSI/ISO C Developed By ISO Committee in 1990.
  • C99 Developed By Standardization Committee in 1999.



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