Introduction of C programming
- C programming is a general purpose high level language.
- C programming language generally denoted structured or procedural language.
- C programming language is the most commonly used programming language.
- C programming language will help you to develop and design complex software applications.
History of C programming
- C programming language which born at AT & T's Bell laboratory of USA in 1972.
- C language was written by Dennis Ritchie that's why he is also called as father of C programming language.
- C programming was created for a specific purpose example: designing the UNIX operating system which is currently base of many UNIX based OS.
Features of C Language
C is the widely used language. It provides many features that are given below.
- Simple
- Machine Independent or Portable
- Structured programming language
- Rich Library
- Memory Management
- Fast Speed
- Pointers
- Recursion
Structure of C Programs
C program is divided into 7 parts. These 7 parts are called the basic structure of C Programs.
- Document section
- Preprocessor / link Section
- Definition section
- Global declaration section
- Function declaration section
- Main function
- User-defined function section