C*

This article is about the programming language. For the DBMS, see Apache Cassandra. For algebra, see C*-algebra. For the symbols used on flags and emblems, see Star and crescent. For the rocket propulsion term, see Characteristic velocity. For astronomical object type, see star cluster. For the goth festival, see Convergence (goth festival).
C*
Paradigmmulti-paradigm: imperative, parallel
Designed byThinking Machines
DeveloperThinking Machines
First appeared1987
Stable release
6.x (August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27)) / August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27)
Typing disciplinestatic, weak, manifest
OSConnection Machine
Filename extensions.cs
Influenced by
ANSI C, *Lisp
Influenced
Dataparallel-C

C* (or C-star) is a data-parallel superset of ANSI C with synchronous semantics.