What is C Language

C is a Programming Language developed at Bell’s Laboratories of USA in 1972. It was designed and written by a man named Dennis Ritchies. In the Late Seventies C began to replace the more familiar language of that time like PL/I, ALGOL, etc. No one pushed C.Thus, without any advertisement, C’s reputation spread and its pool of users grew . Ritchie Seems to Have Been Rather surprised that so many Programmers C to older Languages like FORTRAN or PL/I, or the newer ones like Pascal and Apl. But that’s what happened.

 

Possibly why C seems so popular is because it is reliable, simple and easy to use. Moreover, in an industry where newer languages, tools and technologies emerge and vanish day in and day out, a language that has survived for more than three decades has to be really good.

 

• I believe that nobody can learn C++ or Java directly. This is because while learning these languages you have things like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, templates, exception handling, references, etc. do deal with apart from knowing the actual languages elements.
• Hence one should first learn all the language elements very thoroughly using c language before migrating to C++, C# or Java.
• Mobile devices like cellular phones and palmtops have become rage of today. Also, common consumer devices like microwave ovens, washing machines and digital cameras are getting smarter by the day. This smartness comes from a microprocessor, na operating system and a program embedded in these devices.
• You must have seen several professional 3D computer games where the user navigates some objects, like say a spaceship and fire bullets at the invaders.