What is C Programming Language? History, Importance.

What is C Programming Language? History, Importance.

Overview:

C is the most powerful and active programming language. It is simple and flexible and rich datatype language. It was developed by Dennis Ritchie is 1972 at bell laboratories of At & T located in the U.S.A. C is the most commonly used programming language and it is the base of most programming language. Many famous operating systems, database and compilers were developed with the help of the C language. 

C is simple, structure and machine-independent programming language and it was also used to write complex operating systems like Linux and complex program like Oracle Database.

Founder of C Language:

Dennis Ritchie was the founder of C Language. C Language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at bell laboratories of At & T located in the U.S.A.

Born: 9 September 1941
Died: 12 October  2011


History:

It was the year 1972 when Dennis Ritchie developed C Programming Language at the bell laboratories of At & T located in the U.S.A. C language was developed because before 1972 B, BASIC, BCPL language used and people faced some problem in that language so to overcome that problem, Dennis Ritchie developed C language.

Why Should We Use C Language:

• C is a simple Language
• C is a machine-independent programming language
• C is base of many programming languages
• C is a structured programming language
• Modern programming concepts are based on C
• C is fast Language

Uses Of C Language:

• Compiler and Assemblers
• Network Drivers
• Word Processers
• Database System
• Language Interpreters

Advantage Of C Programming Language:

• C is a fast programming language
• C has rich built-in function and operator
• C is highly portable
• C is building block of many other programming languages

Limitation Of C Programming Language:

• C is not an object-oriented programming language
• C does not provide Constructor and Destructor Concept
• There is no concept of a namespace in C

Index Of C Language Topic:

1) Characteristics And Identifier In C Language.

2) Keyword In C Language.

3) Variable In C Language.

4) Constant In C Language.

5) Data Type In C Language.

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