Programming Languages
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C Language Overview
This article describes the basic
details about C programming language, how it emerged,
What are strengths of C and why we
should use C .
The C programming language is a
general-purpose, high-level language that was
Originally developed by Dennis M.
Ritchie to develop the UNIX operating system at Bell
Labs. C was originally first
implemented on the DEC PDP-11 computer in 1972.
In 1978, Brian Kernighan and Dennis
Ritchie produced the first publicly available
Description of C, now known as the
K&R standard.
The UNIX operating system, the C
compiler, and essentially all UNIX applications programs
Have been written in C. The C has
now become a widely used professional language for
Various reasons.
- Easy to learn
- Structured language
- It produces efficient programs.
- It can handle low-level activities.
- It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms.
Facts about C
C
was invented to write an operating system called UNIX.
C is
a successor of B language, which was introduced around 1970.
The
language was formalized in 1988 by the American National Standard Institute. (ANSI).
The
UNIX OS was totally written in C by 1973.
TUTORIALS POINT
- Today,
C is the most widely used and popular System Programming Language.
- Most
of the state-of-the-art software’s have been implemented using C.
- Today's
most] [popular Linux OS and RBDMS MySQL have been written in C.
Why to use C?
C was initially used for system
development work, in particular the programs that make up
The operating system. C was adopted
as a system development language because it
Produces code that runs nearly as
fast as code written in assembly language. Some
Examples of the
use of C might be:
- Operating
Systems
- Language
Compilers
- Assemblers
- Text
Editors
- Print
Spoolers
- Network
Drivers
- Modern
Programs
- Databases
- Language
Interpreters
- Utilities
C Programs
A C program can vary from 3 lines to
millions of lines and it should be written into one or
More text files with extension
".c"; for example, hello.c. You can use "vi",
"vim" or any
Other text editor to write your C
program into a file.
This tutorial assumes that you know
how to edit a text file and how to write source code
Using any programming language.
Tutorials For Beginners