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C — Past, present, and future — A perspective

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This article looks at the development of the C language from its inception to the present day. The salient features of the language, which are of importance both historically as well as from the point of view of the industry, are brought out. Also, the impact of C as a cross-platform developmental language is highlighted.

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  1. B W Kernighan and D M Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall, 1978 (Ist edition), 1988 (2nd edition).

  2. P J Plaugher, The Standard C Library, Prentice Hall, 1991.

  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)

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  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99

  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11_(C_standard_revision)

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

    K. Bhaskar

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K Bhaskar is presently Technical Officer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. Prior to this he was Senior Systems Programmer at a public sector industry. His interests are in the area of Operating System, Programming Languages and Networking. He has vast experience ranging from programming on mainframes to modern day computers.

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Bhaskar, K. C — Past, present, and future — A perspective. Reson 17, 748–758 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-012-0085-9

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