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C is a general-purpose programming language, developed in 1972, and still quite popular.

C is very powerful; it has been used to develop operating systems, databases, applications, etc.

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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  printf("Hello World!");
  return 0;
}
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Exercise:

Insert the missing part of the code below to output "Hello World!".

int () {
  ("Hello World!");
  return 0;
}

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