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| A C standard was developed as '''ANSI C''' in 1989. While the standard itself continued to develop, today 'ANSI C' refers almost exclusively to the standard of that time. Alternatively it is known as '''C89'''. | == Language == * [[C/ANSISequences|ANSI sequences]] |
C
A statically typed programming language. The design goals were minimalism and mirroring bare metal computer architecture, so as to simplify the process of porting C to new platforms. It allows low-level memory management and features a very concise standard library.
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Example
A hello world program will look like:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello World!\n");
return 0;
}To compile and run, try:
gcc -o hello hello.c ./hello
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