Descendants of this language include its "sharp" and "plus plus" variants.
This language was developed as a replacement for another language that was a simplified version of BCPL. A common standard of this language is its "99" version, and an object-oriented variant of this language was written by Bjarne Stroustrup. Most of (*) UNIX is written in assembly and this language, and the "Objective" variety of this language is used by Apple. The K&amp;R was a guide written for this language, which was developed by Dennis Ritchie. Descendants of this language include its "sharp" and "plus plus" variants. For 10 points, give this programming language named after a single letter.
This language was developed as a replacement for another language that was a simplified version of BCPL.
C (do not accept or prompt on variants like “C++” or “C sharp”)