C - 30 Metrics & AHP Score
Introduction
C is a Procedural, Object-Oriented, Generic programming language first appeared in 1972, designed by Dennis Ritchie. Main use cases: Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications.
30 Metrics
| Metric | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub Stars | 61804 | 13 |
| Stack Overflow Tags | 860669 | 6 |
| TIOBE Rank | 6 | |
| RedMonk Rank | 11 | |
| PYPL Rank | 8 | |
| Average Salary (USD) | 132367 | 7 |
| Job Postings | 41524 | 11 |
| Benchmarks Score | 0.83 | 24 |
| Learning Curve | Hard | |
| Community Size | Very Large | |
| Documentation Quality | 10 | |
| Ecosystem Maturity | 10 | |
| Industry Adoption | 10 | |
| Type System Complexity | 8 | |
| Concurrency Support | 9 | |
| Performance - Execution Speed | 10 | |
| Performance - Memory Usage | 9 | |
| Performance - Startup Time | 10 | |
| Tooling Quality | 8 | |
| Package Manager Quality | 10 | |
| IDE Support | 8 | |
| Debugging Experience | 9 | |
| GitHub Stars Rank | 13 | |
| Stack Overflow Tags Rank | 6 | |
| Average Salary Rank | 7 | |
| Job Postings Rank | 11 | |
| Benchmarks Rank | 24 | |
| Learning Curve Score | 2 | |
| Community Size Score | 9 | |
| AHP Score | 8.28 | 9 |
Hello World Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){ printf("Hello, World!\n"); return 0; }
Main Use Cases
- Systems Programming
- Embedded
- Performance-Critical Applications
Popular Frameworks
- POSIX
- glibc
- CMake
AHP Score
C AHP Score: 8.28 (#9)