I primi 10 linguaggi di programmazione, secondo l' indice TIOBE sembrano essere pesantemente influenzato da C:
1. Java
The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. - wikipedia.org
2. C
C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time and there are very few computer architectures for which a C compiler does not exist. - wikipedia.org
3. C #
During the development of the .NET Framework, the class libraries were originally written using a managed code compiler system called Simple Managed C (SMC). In January 1999, Anders Hejlsberg formed a team to build a new language at the time called Cool, which stood for "C-like Object Oriented Language". - wikipedia.org
4. C ++
It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs as an enhancement to the C language. - wikipedia.org
5. Objective-C
Objective-C is a reflective, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. - wikipedia.org
6. PHP
He rewrote these scripts as C programming language Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries, extending them to add the ability to work with Web forms and to communicate with databases and called this implementation "Personal Home Page/Forms Interpreter" or PHP/FI. - wikipedia.org
8. Python
Python was conceived in the late 1980s and its implementation was started in December 1989 by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC programming language (itself inspired by SETL) capable of exception handling and interfacing with the Amoeba operating system. - wikipedia.org
ABC (programming language) Its designers claim that ABC programs are typically around a quarter the size of the equivalent Pascal or C programs, and more readable. - wikipedia.org
9. Perl
Perl borrows features from other programming languages including C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, and sed. - wikipedia.org
10. JavaScript
JavaScript uses syntax influenced by that of C. - wikipedia.org
Sembra che molti di loro prendano in prestito la loro sintassi da C e / o siano strongmente influenzati in molti altri modi, almeno all'inizio. Perché?