Introduction to C programming

Dennis Ritchie

C is a  high-level language that was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie to develop the UNIX operating system at Bell Laboratories.It was named as "C" because its many features were derived by the earlier language called "B".C is one of most popular programming language which is used on several different software platforms.

There are many software which built using C such as....

—Oracle

—MySQL

—Every device driver like pen drive

—Unix operating system

—Major part of web browser

—Contain basic feature of all programing language

—Build the programing skills

 

Characteristics:

<1>High level and structured language

<2>Easy to learn

<3>It produces efficient programs

<4>C is core language,if one knows "C" then learning other programming 

<5>languages becomes much easier

<6>Support pointers to refer computer memory,array,structures and functions. 

<7>C is portable and an extensible language

portable-->C program written in one computer and can be run on another computer.

extensible-->It enables to the user to add his own functions to the C library.

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 Basics of C Programming