EXPLAIN C LANGUAGE AND FACTS OF C

Introduction Of C Language,  Important Facts On C, Why C Is Widely Used

Introduction of c language
• C was developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories in USA. C was originally first implemented on the DEC PDP-11 computer in 1972. C was originally designed for writing system software but today a variety of software programs are written in C. C can be used on many different types of computers but is mostly used with the UNIX operating system.
• It is also called as 'Procedure oriented programming language'


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.
• Today's most popular Linux OS and RBDMS MySQL have been written in C.

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