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The C programming language was created to write the Unix operating system

Dennis Ritchie developed C at Bell Labs between 1972 and 1973 for system portability

Dennis Ritchie created the C language at Bell Laboratories to rewrite the Unix operating system, replacing assembly language. C provided low-level memory access while maintaining hardware independence, allowing Unix to run on diverse computer hardware architectures. Most modern operating systems, compilers, and internet infrastructures are written in C or C++.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Dennis Ritchie developed C at Bell Labs between 1972 and 1973 for system portability. The figure is taken from Bell Labs, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.