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The C Programming Language

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The C Programming Language

Summary

The C Programming Language is a version, edition or translation[1].

Key Facts

  • The C Programming Language authored Brian Kernighan[2].
  • The C Programming Language authored Dennis M. Ritchie[3].
  • The C Programming Language's instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[4].
  • The C Programming Language was published by Prentice Hall[5].
  • The C Programming Language's place of publication is recorded as Englewood Cliffs[6].
  • The C Programming Language's edition number is recorded as 1[7].
  • The C Programming Language's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The C Programming Language was distributed by paperback[9].
  • The C Programming Language's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The C Programming Language was published on February 22, 1978[11].
  • The C Programming Language's edition or translation of is recorded as The C Programming Language[12].
  • The C Programming Language's work available at URL is recorded as https://archive.org/details/cprogramminglang00kern/page/n2[13].
  • The C Programming Language's title is recorded as The C Programming Language[14].

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Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Brian Kernighan[2], a computer scientist[15], b. 1942[16], of Canada[17], specialised in computer scientist[18] and Dennis M. Ritchie[3], a computer scientist[19], 1941–2011[20], of United States[21], awarded the Turing Award[22], specialised in computer science[23]. The C Programming Language was published by Prentice Hall[5].

Publication

The C Programming Language was released on February 22, 1978[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as Englewood Cliffs[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. It was distributed by paperback[9].

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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