Interesting Facts, Why learn C programming?

C programming is an imperative, procedural, and general-purpose computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis M. Ritchie at Bell Telephone Laboratories to develop the UNIX operating system.

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C is the most widely used computer language.

The main features of the C language include low-level memory access, a simple set of keywords and a clean style, these features make the C language suitable for programming systems such as operating system or compiler development.

Why learn C programming?

The C programming language is ESSENTIAL for students and working professionals to become a great software engineer, especially when working in the software development domain.

I'm going to list some of the key benefits of learning C programming:

• 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.

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Facts about C :

• C was invented to write an operating system called UNIX.
• C is a successor to the B language that was introduced in the early 1970s.
• The language was formalized in 1988 by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI).
• The UNIX operating system was entirely written in C.
• Today C is the most used and popular system programming language.
• Most of the latest generation software has been implemented using C.
• Today's most popular MySQL Linux and RDBMS operating systems have been written in C.

"Hello World" using Programming C :

Just to give you a little bit of excitement about C programming, I'm going to give you a little conventional Hello World programming.

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

   printf("Hello, World..!");

   

   return 0;

}

Applications of C Programming :

C was initially used for system development work, particularly the programs that make up the operating system.

C was adopted as a system development language because it produces code that runs almost as fast as code written in assembly language. 

Some examples of the use of C are:

• Operating Systems
• Language Compilers
• Assemblers
• Text Editors
• Print Spoolers
• Network Drivers
• Modern Programs
• Databases
• Language Interpreters
• Utilities