
The Creation and Evolution of C: How One Language Shaped Modern Programming
Picture this: it’s 1972, bell-bottom jeans are all the rage, and somewhere in the hallowed halls of Bell Labs, a brilliant mind named Dennis Ritchie is about to accidentally create one of the most influential programming languages in history. Little did he know that his “simple” system programming language would become the grandfather of countless modern programming languages and the backbone of everything from your smartphone’s operating system to the servers powering your favorite websites....