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==Versions==
* '''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.
* '''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. The term "C" usually refers to C89 or C90.
* '''C90''' (often called '''[[ISO]] C''') is a minor improvementidentical to C89, standardizedrepublished by ISO in 1990. Most C compilers support it by default.
* '''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 not completelyprimarily supported by many,commercial if any,C compilers, but most of its features are available in [[Clang]] [[GCC]]. [http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html]
* '''C11''' is the current standard, published in December 2011. SomeIt ofis itsthe featuresdefault arefor available[[GCC]] inas GCC.of [http://gccversion 5.gnu1.org/gcc-4.6/changes.html#c]
 
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