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It predates the first standardized C versions:

  * ANSI C by 11 years (C89)
  * ISO C by 12 years (C90)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)#K&R_C

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So strange. Someone invented a computer language called C and is not proper C until it is stabdardised by a committee. I would say the original C is proper C. Got a whole operating system to run with it.

Organisation is nothing if we do not accept individual’s role.

The C language as invented for porting UNIX does not fit into a NES, nor does it expose its hardware capabilities.

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