C Timeline
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| C | 1972 |
| K&R C | 1978 |
| ANSI C / C89 | 1989 |
| ISO C / C90 | 1990 |
| C99 / C9X | 1999 |
| C11 / C1X | 2011 |
| C17 | 2018 |
| C23 / C2X | 2024 |
| C2Y | TBC |
Other variants
C++ is a superset of C with a focus on object orientated programming. It was originally released in 1985 by Bjarne Stroustrup.
The Objective-C language is also object-orientated but was developed seperately from C++ and has its own distict syntax. It was originally released in 1984 by Tom Love and Brad Cox
