Description
When you look at the code used in C language, you will notice that it is highly structured, which makes it a bit easier to understand. It is actually a high level programming language, which means it uses some phrases and words that may be familiar or meaningful to human readers. Dennis Ritchie, the creator developed this programming language, he intended it to be a general purpose language. Eventually, it was used to develop the UNIX operating system. It was first implemented in 1972.
This means that all the Unix applications and the entire operating system itself was built on the foundation of the C programming language. Nowadays, this programming language is used to develop many different applications.
Benefits of Using C Language
The following are some of the benefits that have been cited by experts and other programmers who have used it:
- The code used for C language can be compiled on many different computer systems. It is not restricted to one type of system only.
- It is powerful enough to handle many low level computing activities.
- The programs that have been developed using this language have proven to be quite efficient.
- It is a structured language and you can easily decipher the meaning of the code.
- Many new programmers have found that the C language is really easy to learn.
Of course, there are a lot of other interesting facts about C language. It is the most widely used programming language to create various systems. It is the next step from the B language (1970). The entire language was formalized by ANSI (American National Standard Institute) in 1988.
C was initially designed to create operating systems. You have to understand that that fact alone presents a lot of serious advantages. For one thing, the code created using this language can run nearly as fast as some low level languages such as Assembly Language. However unlike Assembly, C is better structured and easier to learn even for anyone who has no background in programming. C language has been used in the development of utilities, language interpreters, data bases, more modern programs, network drivers, print spoolers, text editors, assemblers, language compilers, and operating systems.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Program Structure and Foundation
Chapter 2: The Data Types in C Language
Chapter 3: Hello World – the Basics
Chapter 4: Looping in C
Chapter 5: Pointers, Arrays
Chapter 6: Strings, Structures, Unions and Typedef
Chapter 7: The other Header Files
Chapter 8: Command Line Arguments, Recursion and Binary Files
Chapter 9: File Handling – Creating and Opening Files
Chapter 10: File Reading and Writing Data
Chapter 11: Graphics Programming Basics in C
Conclusion