C Programming Languages: Introduction
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The C Language is developed by Dennis
Ritchie for creating system applications that directly interact with the
hardware devices such as drivers, kernels, etc.
C programming is considered as the base for other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother language.
It can be defined by the following ways:
- Mother language
- System programming language
- Procedure-oriented programming
language
- Structured programming language
- Mid-level programming language
1) C as a mother language
C
language is considered as the mother language of all the modern programming
languages because most of the compilers, JVMs, Kernels, etc. are
written in C language, and most of the programming languages follow C
syntax, for example, C++, Java, C#, etc.
It
provides the core concepts like the array, strings, functions, file
handling, etc. that are being used in many languages like C++, Java, C#,
etc.
2) C as a system programming language
A
system programming language is used to create system software. C language is a
system programming language because it can be used to do low-level
programming (for example driver and kernel). It is generally used to create
hardware devices, OS, drivers, kernels, etc. For example, Linux kernel is
written in C.
It
can't be used for internet programming like Java, .NET, PHP, etc.
3) C as a procedural
language
A
procedure is known as a function, method, routine, subroutine, etc. A
procedural language specifies a series of steps for the program to
solve the problem.
A
procedural language breaks the program into functions, data structures, etc.
C
is a procedural language. In C, variables and function prototypes must be
declared before being used.
4) C as a structured programming language
A structured programming
language is a subset of the procedural language. Structure means to
break a program into parts or blocks so that it may be easy to
understand. In the C language, we
break the program into parts using functions. It makes the program easier to
understand and modify.
5) C as a mid-levels
programming language
C
is considered as a middle-level language because it supports the feature of
both low-level and high-level languages. C language program is converted into
assembly code, it supports pointer arithmetic (low-level), but it is machine
independent (a feature of high-level).
A
Low-level language is specific to one machine, i.e., machine dependent. It is
machine dependent, fast to run. But it is not easy to understand.
A
High-Level language is not specific to one machine, i.e., machine independent.
It is easy to understand.
C Program
In
this tutorial, all C programs are given with C compiler so that you can quickly
change the C program code.
File: main.c
1. #include <stdio.h>
2. int main() {
3. printf("Hello C Programming\n");
4. return 0;
5. }
A detailed description
of above program is given in next tutorials.
C Programming Languages: Index
C Tutorials
- C Programming Languages: Introduction
- What is C Programming Languages
- History of C
- Features of C programming languages
- Installation of C
- First C Program
- Flow of C Program
- printf scanf Function in C
- Variables in C
- Data Types in C
- Keywords in C
- Operators in C
- Comments in C
- Identifiers in C
- C Escape Sequence
- Constants in C
- C if-else
- C switch
- C Loops
- C do-while loop
- C while loop
- C for loop
- C break
- C continue
- C goto
- Type Casting
- C Control Statement Test
C Functions
- What is function
- Call: Value & Reference
- Recursion in c
- Storage Classes
- C Functions Test
C Array
- 1-D Array
- 2-D Array
- Array to Function
- C Array Test
C Pointers
- C Pointer to Pointer
- C Pointer Arithmetic
- C Pointers Test
C Dynamic Memory
- Dynamic memory
C Strings
- C gets() & puts()
- C String Functions
- C strlen()
- C strcpy()
- C strcat()
- C strcmp()
- C strrev()
- C strlwr()
- C strupr()
- C strstr()
C Math
C Structure Union
- C Structure
- C Array of Structures
- C Nested Structure
- C Union
- C Structure Test
C File Handling
- C File Handling
- C fprintf() fscanf()
- C fputc() fgetc()
- C fputs() fgets()
- C fseek()
- C rewind()
- C ftell()
C Preprocessor
- C Preprocessor
- C Macros
- C #include
- C #define
- C #undef
- C #ifdef
- C #ifndef
- C #if
- C #else
- C #error
- C #pragma
- C Preprocessor Test
C Command Line
C Misc
- C Expressions
- Data Segments
- Flow of C Program
- Classification of Programming Languages
- Enum in C
- What is getch() in C
- What is the function call in C
- typedef vs define in C
C Programs
C Programs
Prerequisite
Before learning C
Programming, you must have the basic knowledge of Computer Fundamental.
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