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The C Programming Language

authoritative programming book by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the developers of the C programming language
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The C Programming Language
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
literary work, tutorial[4]
Author
Brian Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie[2][3]
Genre
computer programming, non-fiction[5][6]
Language of work or name
English[7]
Publication date
1978[9]
Official website
cm.bell-labs.com[13]
Country of origin
United States[8]
Has edition or translation
The C Programming Language, The C Programming Language, Second Edition, El lenguaje de programación C[10][11][12]
Main subject
C[14]
Number of pages
+343[15]
Title
The C Programming Language[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en K&R en The C Programming Language en TCPL ar لغة البرمجة سي da K&R de Programmieren in C de K&R C es El lenguaje de programacion C es El lenguaje de programación C es The C Programming Language fa زبان برنامه‌نویسی سی (کتاب) fi K&R fr K&R it K&R it Il linguaggio C it The C Programming Language ja K&R ja プログラミング言語C ko C 프로그래밍 언어 (책) pl Język ANSI C
🔖 Identifiers · 6
BookBrainz work ID
91060ecf-4855-4da4-9048-0aefa47b2045
Described at URL
www.cs.princeton.edu
Freebase ID
/m/021f7t
Goodreads work ID
3715970
LibraryThing work ID
1577043
Open Library ID
OL4617640W

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Author 2
Dennis M. Ritchie, Brian Kernighan
Created notable works 2
Dennis M. Ritchie, Brian Kernighan
Genre 2
computer programming, non-fiction
Instance of 2
tutorial, literary work
Country of origin 1
United States
Language of work or name 1
English
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The C Programming Language is a literary work[1].

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Brian Kernighan computer programming Dennis M. Ritchie literary work United States

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  1. 23d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'j
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  2. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of pages → {'amount': '+343'}
    Official website → http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/
    Country of origin → —
    Has edition or translation → The C Programming Language, The C Programming Language, Second Edition, El lenguaje de programación C
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