Introduction to C

In 1972, Dennis Ritchie introduce compiler based language that influence B language (interpreter based). A first version named as “Defacto standard for C”.

It gain popularity slowly in america . So, American government assigned a task in summer, 1989 to check quality of defacto standard for  C”. to check quality of defacto standard for C american government establish a committee named ANSI(American national standard institute). ANSI took 6 years to check or modify a quality of “defacto standard for C”. so second version released in 1989 and renamed by C89, ANSI C etc.

Latest version is C -99 in which all drawbacks of C-89 removed. All development process of C language perform/done in AT&T BELL laboratories in USA.