C syntax

C syntax is the form that text must have in order to be C programming language code. The language syntax rules are designed to allow for code that is terse, has a close relationship with the resulting object code, and yet provides relatively high-level data abstraction. C was the first widely successful high-level language for portable operating-system development. C syntax makes use of the maximal munch principle. As a free-form language, C code can be formatted different ways without affecting its syntactic nature. C syntax influenced the syntax of succeeding languages, including C++, Java, and C#.

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