C language By OmishaTech
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C is a general-purpose programming language supporting structured programming, variables, and recursion, with a static type system that prevents unintended operations. Dennis Ritchie developed C in 1972 at Bell Labs to overcome issues with prior languages like BCPL and B, intending it for use in the UNIX operating system. C inherited features from these predecessors but added static types, structures, unions, and functions to become a system implementation language.
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C language By OmishaTech
- 1. C Programming Language What is C language? History of C language?
- 2. What is C Language? What is C Language? C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.
- 3. History of C language? ● C programming language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at bell laboratories of AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph). ● Dennis Ritchie is known as the founder of c language. ● It was developed to overcome the problems of previous languages such as B, BCPL etc. ● C language was developed to be used in UNIX operating system. ● It inherits many features of previous languages such as B and BCPL.
- 4. ● Let's see the programming languages that were developed before C language. ● Algol ● BCPL ● B ● Traditional C