The C Family of Languages: Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, and James GoslingThis article appeared in Java Report, 5(7), July 2000 and C++ Report, 12(7), July/August 2000.The C family of languages--C, C++, and Java--has dominated commercial programming for over 30 years. Today, all three languages are at a turning point:o         The second ISO/ANSI C standard has just been published (C99 was officially released in December 1999). C continues to be one of the most influential la...