C (programming language) Alternatives

C (programming language) is described as 'C is a general-purpose programming language. It was created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie and remains very widely used and influential. By design, C's features cleanly reflect the capabilities of the targeted CPUs' and is a very popular programming language in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to C (programming language) for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best C (programming language) alternative is Rust, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like C (programming language) are C++, Java, Lua and Go (Programming Language).

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    V is a statically typed compiled programming language designed for building maintainable software.

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    • Open Source

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    V intends to be a very lightweight and fast alternative to C. It's still very young, currently on version 0.2.2, and the documentation is very sparse. Good for small projects, but not ready for important things yet

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    • V (programming language) is Free and Open SourceC (programming language) is also Free and Open Source
    • V (programming language) is LightweightC (programming language) is not according to our users
  2. Ada icon
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    Ada 2012 is the next generation of the world’s premier programming language for engineering safe, secure and reliable software.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Ada is a great alternative to C.

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    • Ada is Free and Open SourceC (programming language) is also Free and Open Source
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    The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of replacing C with the following goals:

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Haxe icon
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    Haxe is an open source toolkit based on a modern high level strictly typed programming language, a state-of-the-art light-speed cross-compiler, a complete cross-platform standard library, and ways to access to each platform's native capabilities.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  5. Objective-C icon
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    The Objective-C language is a simple computer language designed to enable sophisticated object-oriented programming. Objective-C is defined as a small but powerful set of extensions to the standard ANSI C language.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    Hare is a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust. Hare uses a static type system, manual memory management, and a minimal runtime. It is well-suited to writing operating systems, system tools, compilers, networking software, and other low-level...

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    • Free
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    A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy.

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    • Free
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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Nelua is a systems programming language for performance sensitive applications, like real-time applications and game engines. Its syntax and semantics are similar to Lua, but its garbage collection is optional, it provides optional type notations, and it is free from an...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    HolyC is very similar to regular C, so it's a very simple but powerful language. It was used to make all of TempleOS, so it definitely works to make programs.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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