When was C first released?

C (programming language)

Designed by	Dennis Ritchie
Developer	Dennis Ritchie & Bell Labs (creators); ANSI X3J11 (ANSI C); ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 (ISO C)
First appeared	1972
Stable release	C17 / June 2018
Major implementations

Which is older C or C++?

C was developed by Dennis Ritchie between the year 1969 and 1973 at AT Bell Labs. C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979.

Which is older Java or C++?

C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs in 1979. It was developed as an extension of the C language. Java was developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. Now, it is owned by Oracle.

What are the variants of Smalltalk-80?

Two of the currently popular Smalltalk implementation variants are descendants of those original Smalltalk-80 images. Squeak is an open source implementation derived from Smalltalk-80 Version 1 by way of Apple Smalltalk. VisualWorks is derived from Smalltalk-80 version 2 by way of Smalltalk-80 2.5 and ObjectWorks…

What is Smalltalk and why is it important?

Smalltalk is also one of the most influential programming languages. Virtually all of the object-oriented languages that came after— Flavors, CLOS, Objective-C, Java, Python, Ruby, and many others—were influenced by Smalltalk.

Should I learn C or Smalltalk for programming?

C is a relatively good choice for a number of systems programming tasks, but makes a comparatively poor choice for much application programming. Writing the performance critical part of the code in C but the rest in Smalltalk is typically quite difficult.

What programming languages have been influenced by Smalltalk?

Smalltalk is also one of the most influential programming languages. Virtually all of the object-oriented languages that came after—Flavors, CLOS, Objective-C, Java, Python, Ruby, and many others—were influenced by Smalltalk.