C Language Overview

 

INTRODUCTION TO C LANGUAGE

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

 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.