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-C Programming Language
+====== C ======
+C is a programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in
+the early 1970s. It is a systems programming language, widely used
+in the implementation of operating systems and operating system
+utilities, as well as many other programs. It is one of the most
+influential programming languages to date.
+C is considered the 'language of UNIX'; however, the UNIX operating
+system in fact predates C, but was re-implemented in C shortly after the
+language's creation.
+C is available on systems including the PDP 11/70.
+===== Invocation =====
+As C is a compiled language, your program must be compiled and possibly
+linked before it can be executed.
+==== On UNIX ====
+	$ cc program.c -o program
+	$ ./program
+===== Example =====
+==== Hello World ====
+From Kernighan and Ritchie (1988).
+	#include <stdio.h>
+	main() {
+		printf("hello, world\n");
+	}
+==== Further reading ====
+Kernighan, B. W. & Ritchie, D. M. (1988). //The C programming language//
+(2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.