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Description

A weakly typed imperative language in the CPL branch of the Algol family of programming languages, the predecessor to C++ and a direct descendant of BCPL although it uses a very different syntax. Currently the worlds second most popular programming language after Java.

A list of OS/2 implementations of C

Libraries

  • dbfLIB - A tool that allows you to work with xBase databases - Commercial - Discontinued.
  • Lattice Comm Library - ANSI C communication library - Commercial - Discontinued.
  • Lattice dBC III - A tool that allows you to work with xBase databases - Commercial - Discontinued.

GUI and application generators with C output

  • General Application Workbench - GUI, animation, help and SQL - Commercial - Discontinued
  • Hockware VisPro/C - GUI Creator - Commercial - Discontinued
  • PCYACC/2 - CASE too with C output, targeted towards generating parsers etc. - Commercial - Discontinued
  • Vestronix Pro C - Database and spreadsheet application generator - Commercial - Discontinued

Translators that generate C output

Editors with C support

A list of DOS implementations of C

  • Borland C/Turbo C - Commercial - Discontinued - Some versions now freeware
  • Cint - Open source - Current - Interpreter from CERN, intended for educational use
  • Desmet C - Was commercial - now open source.
  • Dev86dos - Open source - Current - Kludgy
  • EMX Compiler - Open Source - Discontinued
  • [Intel C Code Builder] - Commercial - Discontinued.
  • Lattice C - Commercial - Discontinued
  • LSI-C - Freeware - Current - Cross compilation from Windows or Unices only. - English here
  • Metaware High C/C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
  • Microsoft C - Commercial - Discontinued
  • Mix Power C - Commercial - Current
  • OpenWatcom C/C++ - Open Source - Current
  • Pacific C - Commercial - Discontinued - Was shareware is now freeware
  • Portable C - Open source - DOS and cross compilation for 68000 and AMD RISC processors.
  • TCC - Open source - Discontinued - Cross compilation from Windows or Linux only.
  • TopSpeed C - Commercial - Discontinued
  • Zortech C++ - Commercial - Discontinued

A list of C implementations that run under WinOS/2

A list of C implementations that run under Java

A list of C implementations in JavaScript

Publications

Local articles

Tutorials and other learning material

Links

USENET

Standards

  • Early versions do not follow any standard apart from the C Reference Manual that was included with the UNIX system release and there were lots of C versions out there that were incompatible with each other, with every American university appearing to have its own minor variant for a while.
  • In 1978 Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie published "The C Programming Language" book which became an informal standard, referred to as "K&R C", the only problem being that it is not 100% internally coherent.
  • ANSI committee X3J11 was formed in 1983 to standardise the language, compiler manufacturers started to talk about "ANSI C" almost immediately based upon drafts, but actually the ANSI X3.159-1989 standard was not ratified until 1989. This means that when working with old "ANSI C" compatible tools and code they may differ somewhat from the standard as they have been designed from working drafts rather than the finished standard.
  • The ANSI X3.159-1989 was ratified by ISO in 1990 with only minor changes and that is the reason that the basic C standard is sometimes known as either C89 or C90
  • The ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 working group produced the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 which is known informally as "C99", note that there are three later additions/amendments to the standard and therefore not all C99 code is 100% compatible.
  • In 2011 the ISO/IEC 9899:2011 or "C11" standard was introduced, while there is some language changes, the main changes are in the standard libraries.

C history

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