Language Overview
C was developed in the 1970's at Bell Labs. It is one of the most influential and (still) widely used languages - in fact a lot of the other popular programming languages are build using C! Nowadays it's mostly used for low-level things like opertating systems, device drivers, and hardware.
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C
Used for hardware systems programming drivers
low barrier to entry
low demand
high pay
medium to find help
Learnability
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Career
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Community
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Dennis Richie
Creator of C and a huge key developer of the UNIX operating system.
Brian Kernighan
Author of The C Programming Language - the definitive book on C.
Linus Torvalds
The creator of Linux
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