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.
Simply Easy Learning
# Today, C is the most widely used and popular System Programming Language.
# Most of the state-of-the-art softwares 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
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