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C--

C-like programming language
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C--

Summary

C-- is a programming language[1]. C-- ranks in the top 4% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • C-- was influenced by Q15777[3].
  • C--'s instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • C--'s developer is recorded as Simon Peyton Jones[5].
  • C--'s developer is recorded as Norman Ramsey[6].
  • C--'s designed by is recorded as Simon Peyton Jones[7].
  • C--'s designed by is recorded as Norman Ramsey[8].
  • C--'s software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[9].
  • +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of C--[10].
  • C--'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0508gj[11].
  • C--'s official website is recorded as http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/c--[12].
  • C--'s file extension is recorded as c--[13].
  • C--'s programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[14].
  • C--'s typing discipline is recorded as weak typing[15].
  • C--'s typing discipline is recorded as static typing[16].

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Designation and Status

C--'s instance of is recorded as programming language[4].

History and Context

+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of C--[10].

Why It Matters

C-- ranks in the top 4% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2] C-- has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] C-- is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

programming language Simon Peyton Jones

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . cs.tufts.edu. cs.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . cs.tufts.edu. Retrieved . cs.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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