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The C standard library, sometimes referred to as libc, is the standard library for the C programming language specified in the ISO C standard. Starting from the original ANSI C standard, it was developed at the same time as the C POSIX library, which is a superset of it.
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| unlike traditional languages such as COBOL | instance of | The original C language provided no built-in functions | 0.80 | text |
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| FreeBSD | instance of | the basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op… | 0.80 | text |
| NetBSD | instance of | the basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op… | 0.80 | text |
| OpenBSD | instance of | the basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op… | 0.80 | text |
| macOS | instance of | the basic C library may be identified as the ANSI or ISO C library.BSD libcBSD libc is a superset of the POSIX standard library supported by the C libraries included with BSD op… | 0.80 | text |
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