The C programming language was developed by whom?

Concept

A programming language has a documented origin: its creator, the institution where it emerged, and the earlier language or system need that shaped it.

Distinguishing closely related computing pioneers requires matching each person to the language or system they actually created.

Application

At Bell Laboratories in the early 1970s, Dennis Ritchie developed C from the lineage of BCPL and B as a system-implementation language for Unix.

Contrast

• Bjarne Stroustrup created C++, extending C with features for object-oriented and generic programming.

• Dennis Ritchie created C and co-developed the Unix operating system at Bell Laboratories.

• James Gosling led the design of Java at Sun Microsystems and also worked on the NeWS window system.

• Ken Thompson co-created Unix, developed the B language, and later co-designed Go.

Cross-check

The documented history of C links its creation at Bell Laboratories and its early use for Unix directly to Dennis Ritchie.

Result

Therefore, the answer is Dennis Ritchie.