C

C is an ancient programming language created in 1973, and still used by engineers who don't know any better or know the language. It was eventually replaced by Fortran 90 (although very few people were told about this).

Example C program

(*(void(*)())0)();

See also

• C++

References

• C Traps and Pitfalls (Andrew Koenig)
• #ifdef Considered Harmful (Henry Spencer and Geoff Collyer)
• Why C Is Not My Favourite Programming Language (James A C Joyce)