Introduction of C language

Introduction of C language :- C language was developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 at Bell telephone Laboratory in U.S.A. C was developed from a language known as BCPL(Basic Combined Programming Language later known as B language) developed at M/I.T. in the late 60’s. C language become popular due to its high level quality i.e. machine independence and conciseness and low level language quality used for system programming. It is a general purpose structured programming language. Instructions of C language consists of algebraic terms written in simple English word like – if, else, for, while etc. C can be used for system programming as well as application programming, hence sometime it is called middle level language. It has the simplicity of high as well as power of low level language.

Characteristics of C language:- Following are the characteristics of C language.

  a) Integrity:- It refers to the accuracy of calculation in C language.

  b) Clarity:- It refers to the overall readability of the program.

  c) Simplicity:- In C language we use simple English words for writing instructions and control     statements.
  d) Efficiency:- A program written in C language executes at high speed with efficient memory 
   utilization.
  e) Modularity:- A large program in C language can be divided into different identifiable parts     called modules, hence C language supports modularity.


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