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What are some popular applications that use C? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, so I've been searching the web for a while for some popular applications that use C. All that I can find so far is, Git, Vim, Linux, and Unix. I also know the Windows kernel uses it a little bit, but that's it. Does anyone know some popular apps that use C? Doesn't have to be programming related, just an actual app that's written in C? Sorry if this question sounds redundant or anything.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Postgres and MySQL/mariadb are all primarily written in C.

Contrary to what other posters here claim, most programming languages are not written in C, but are self hosted. Ie. written using themselves. This usually involves a small bootstrapping component written in C or something similar, but that is a minor part of a whole