The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Gosling, who remains closely associated with Java to this day, described the language as "C++ without guns and knives," a nod to its simpler, safer syntax compared to its predecessor.

As BCPL grew in popularity, it then inspired the C programming language and its successor C++. C and C++ inspired Java, and now the entire ecosystem of peripheral JVM languages incorporate curly ...