Dennis Ritchie, father of C programming language, dies In addition to C, the pioneering computer scientist made significant contributions to Unix and received many awards honoring his work.

The crazy origin story of the C programming language, and how it became a success with the help of some incredibly slow computers.

In one form or another, C has influenced the shape of almost every programming language developed since the 1980s. Some languages like C++, C#, and objective C are intended to be direct successors ...

A long-standing coding choice has seen an unexpected rise in popularity, according to one tracker of programming languages.

C developers make a median salary of $125,000 in the US and $50,000 globally. C was designed to be a general-purpose language, for programming a wide array of computer systems and hardware.

The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn’t.

As of September 2020, C++ is the fourth most popular programming language globally behind C, Java and Python, and – according to the latest TIOBE index – is also the fastest growing.

Different computer languages manage this in different ways, though. An older language like C or C++ is designed to give the programmer a lot of power over how and when the software uses the ...

A report suggests the use of one of the oldest programming languages could be a lot bigger than previously estimated.

When Jim Keller talks about compute engines, you listen. And when Keller name drops a programming language and AI runtime environment, as he did in a recent interview with us, you do a little research ...