The that started everything
In 1972, at Bell Labs, Dennis Ritchie wrote a small language and called it C. A year later the UNIX kernel was rewritten in it — and nearly everything since stands on C’s shoulders: your operating system, your database, the browser you’re reading this in.
Our C is drawn open, like a bracket — because the next chapter isn’t reserved for programmers. The green cursor inside is yours.
Since , people could program.
Since , anyone can build, host and ship.