C Language

Introduction of 'C' programming language.

What is the programming language?

  • Before knowing about any programming language we should know about language - 
  • Language is a medium to communicate between two or more the person in the way of written or orally, like Hindi / English.
  • Just like a programming language is used to write a program. 
  • A program is a set of code that gives instruction to the computer or other digital devices.
  • Computer or any other digital device only understand the binary language 0 or 1.

What is the C programming language?

What is C Programming Language?

  • Before C language BCPL programming language was developed in 1966 by Martin Richards. 
  • BCPL stands for “Basic Combined Programming language”.
  • Which is originally designed for writing compiler for other languages.
  • After that, B language‟ was developed in 1969 by Ken Thompson.
  • Finally, C programming language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at „AT & T Bell Labs‟ and was standardized in 1989by ANSI (American National Standard Institute.)
  • C is a general-purpose, high-level programming language.
  • C is a procedural oriented programming language.
  • C is the basis of all other programming languages.
  • Unix Operating system developed in C language.
  • Device Drivers are written in C.
  • Oracle / My SQL databases are also written in C.


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