{"id":113,"slug":"c","name":"C","short_description":"C is a general purpose programming language that first appeared in 1972.","url":"https://github.com/topics/c","github_count":80390,"created_by":"Dennis Ritchie","logo_url":"https://github.com/github/explore/blob/main/topics/c/c.png?raw=true","released":"1972","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)","related_topics":["language"],"aliases":["c-language","c-programming-language","c99","c89","c-ansi","k-and-r"],"github_url":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eC is a programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs. C is very widely used, straightforward, and can be compiled to a number of platforms and operating systems. C is an imperative language, with a small number of keywords and a large number of mathematical operators. C is also a very low level programming language, which means it can communicate directly with hardware.\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:33:12.774Z","updated_at":"2026-04-19T00:05:00.600Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/c","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/c","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=c","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=c"}