C Programming Language is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative computer programming language developed by Dennis M. Ritchie in year 1972 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories to develop the UNIX operating system. C is the most widely used computer language.
Why to Learn C Programming?
C programming language is a must for working professionals and students to become a great Software Engineer specially when they are working in Software Development Domain.
Advantages of learning C Language
- Easy to learn and understand
- It can handle low-level activities
- Structured Language
- Produces efficient programs
Facts about C
- C was invented to write an operating system called UNIX.
- The UNIX OS was totally written in C.
- Today's most popular Linux OS and RDBMS MySQL have been written in C. and other facts.....
C Program to print Hello World
Just to give you a bit excitement about C programming , I'm going to give you a small C Programming Hello World program.
#include int main() { / my first program in C / printf("Hello World! \n");
return 0; }
Applications of C Programming
- Operating Systems (Linux etc.)
- Code/Text Editors (Vim editor etc. )
- Modern Programs
- Language Interpreters and other applications...