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* '''K&R C''' was the first widely-used form of C. It was originally documented in ''The C Programming Language'', published in 1978. It is named for the authors, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (also the language's creator). Code in this style is virtually nonexistent today. |
* '''K&R C''' was the first widely-used form of C. It was originally documented in ''The C Programming Language'', published in 1978. It is named for the authors, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (also the language's creator). Code in this style is virtually nonexistent today. |
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* '''C89''' (often called '''[[ANSI]] C''') is the version of C standardized by ANSI in 1989. It is the most commonly used and supported version of the language |
* '''C89''' (often called '''[[ANSI]] C''') is the version of C standardized by ANSI in 1989. It is the most commonly used and supported version of the language. |
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* '''C90''' (often called '''[[ISO]] C''') is |
* '''C90''' (often called '''[[ISO]] C''') is identical to C89, republished by ISO in 1990. |
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* '''C99''' is a significant improvement, adopting many features of [[C++]] and standardizing common compiler extensions. It was standardized by ISO in 1999, and by ANSI in 2000. It is |
* '''C99''' is a significant improvement, adopting many features of [[C++]] and standardizing common compiler extensions. It was standardized by ISO in 1999, and by ANSI in 2000. It is primarily supported by commercial C compilers, but most of its features are available in [[Clang]] [[GCC]]. [http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html] |
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* '''C11''' is the current standard, published in December 2011. |
* '''C11''' is the current standard, published in December 2011. It is the default for [[GCC]] as of version 5.1. |
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