# C language

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**Created:** [June 4, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/c-language/322826 "2011-06-04T16:39:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![adny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@adny](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adny)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/c-language/322826/1 "2011-06-04T16:39:50Z")

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**C** is a general-purpose computer [programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis\_Ritchie”]Dennis Ritchie at the [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell\_Telephone\_Laboratories”]Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix”]Unix [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating\_system”]operating system.[URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C\_language#cite\_note-ie-1”]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language)  
Although C was designed for implementing [system software,[URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C\_language#cite\_note-4”] it is also widely used for developing portable [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application\_software”]application software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software).

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