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C Language: Definition

C is a powerful, general-purpose, and structured programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 at Bell Labs to create the UNIX Operating System.

  • General-Purpose: This means that C can be used to create various types of programs, from Operating Systems to Games, Databases, and Scientific Applications.
  • Structured Language: It provides the facility to write programs in a well-organized manner using functions, loops, and conditional statements (like if-else).

Main Features of C Language

These features of C make it so popular and efficient:

1. Middle-Level Language

  • Explanation: C is the best combination of High-Level (which humans understand easily) and Low-Level (which works close to hardware) languages.
  • Advantage: It provides user-friendly syntax and also the flexibility to interact directly with hardware.

2. Pointers

  • Explanation: Pointers are variables that store the Memory Address of another variable.
  • Advantage: With the help of Pointers, Direct Memory Access, Dynamic Memory Allocation (malloc, calloc), and construction of efficient Data Structures (like Linked Lists, Trees) becomes possible.

3. Portability

  • Explanation: C code written on one computer/OS can be run on another computer/OS easily, provided there is a C Compiler there. It is also called machine independent.
  • Advantage: This makes reusing code and developing software for different platforms fast.

4. Rich Set of Library Functions

  • Explanation: C has a large library of built-in functions.
    • Example: For Input/Output, stdio.h (printf(), scanf()), for mathematical operations, math.h.
  • Advantage: The programmer does not have to write code for every small thing, which reduces development time.

5. Memory Management

  • Explanation: C gives the user Explicit Control over how to manage Memory while running the program.
  • Advantage: With functions like malloc() (to allocate memory) and free() (to release memory), the programmer can use memory efficiently, making the program run faster.

6. Fast and Efficient

  • Explanation: C Compilers are very optimized.
  • Advantage: Due to low-level features and the ability to work close to hardware, C programs execute faster than other High-Level languages.

Basic Concepts of C

To understand C language, it is necessary to know these basic things:

Concept Explanation Example
Tokens The smallest individual unit of a C program. Keywords, Identifiers, Constants, Operators, Strings.
Keywords Reserved words that have a fixed meaning in C. int, float, if, while, return, for etc. (total 32 Keywords).
Variables A named location in memory where data is stored. int age = 25;
Data Types It defines what type of data the variable will store and how much memory it will take. int (integer), float (decimal), char (character).
Constants The value that does not change during the Execution of the program. const float PI = 3.14;

To learn C language, it is very important to understand Pointers and Data Structures well. Would you like to understand the working principle of Pointers with another example?

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