Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Unix was later coded in 'C' to increase portability

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

Unix was originally written in assembly language for the PDP-7, but was rewritten in C in 1973 to make it portable across different hardware platforms. This decision to use a high-level language was revolutionary and key to Unix's widespread adoption. The C language itself was developed specifically to help rewrite Unix.

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