The C is a general-purpose, procedural, structured, imperative computer programming language. C is a third generation language or middle level language . It is designed and developed by Dennis M. Ritchie at AT & T’s Bell labs of USA in 1972. This was varied and modified until a standard was defined by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie in 1978 in "The C Programming Language"
Initially C language was used for developing system programs, particularly the programs which make-up operating systems. C is preferable language because of the reasons given below:
- Easy to learn
- Portability
- Speed of compilation
- Flexibility
- Function rich libraries
- Efficient use of pointer
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("hello, world\n"); }
Standard Library Functions in C