Tuesday 12 May 2015

C Programming Language

History of C language:


       The  C language is closely tied to the development of the Unix operating system,and it is developed  by Richie and Thompson.The development of C started in 1970 on Unix system and also in this year a large part of Unix was rewritten in C.


Why C language?


  • C is a powerful system programming language.C is basic language and one of the easiest language to learn.Now,it is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time.Many languages have created directly C, including C++, D, Go,  Java, JavaScript, C#.
  • C language is a structured programming language. This makes user to think of a problem in terms of function modules or blocks. Collection of these modules makes a complete program. This modular structure makes program debugging, testing and maintenance easier.

Advantages:


1. C language is a building block for many other currently known languages.C  language has variety of data types and powerful operators. Due to this, programs written in C language are efficient, fast and easy to understand.2. C is highly portable language. This means that C programs written for one computer can easily run on another computer without any change or by doing a little change.3. There are only 32 keywords in ANSI C and its strength lies in its built-in functions. Several standard functions are available which can be used for developing programs.

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