C Programming Language
C Language
Tutorial with programming approach for beginners and professionals, helps
you to understand the C language tutorial easily. Our C tutorial explains each
topic with programs.
The C Language is developed by
Dennis Ritchie for creating system applications that directly interact with the
hardware devices such as drivers, kernels, etc.
C programming is considered as
the base for other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother
language.
It can be defined by the
following ways:
1.
Mother
language
2.
System
programming language
3.
Procedure-oriented
programming language
4.
Structured
programming
5.
language
6.
Mid-level
programming language
1) C as a mother language
C language is considered as the mother language
of all the modern programming languages because most
of the compilers, JVMs, Kernels, etc. Are written in C language, and
most of the programming languages follow C syntax, for example, C++, Java,
C#, etc.
It provides
the core concepts like the array, strings,
functions, file handling, etc. That are being used in many languages like C++, Java, C#, etc.
2) C as
a system programming language
A system
programming language is used to create system software. C language is a system
programming language because it can be used to do
low-level programming (for example
driver and kernel). It is generally used to create hardware devices,
OS, drivers, kernels,
etc. For example, Linux kernel is
written in C.
It can’t be
used for internet programming like
Java, .Net, PHP,
etc.
3) C as a
procedural language
A procedure
is known as a function, method, routine, subroutine, etc. A procedural language specifies
a series of steps for the program to solve the problem.
A
procedural language breaks the program into functions, data structures, etc.
C is a
procedural language. In C, variables and function prototypes must be declare
before being used.
4) C as a structured programming language
A structured programming language is a subset
of the procedural language. Structure means to
break a program into parts or blocks so that it may be easy to
understand.
In the C
language, we break the program into parts using functions. It makes the program
easier to understand and modify.
5) C as a mid-level programming language
C is considered as a middle-level –level language because it supports
the feature of both low-level and high-level languages. C language
program is converted into assembly code, it supports pointer arithmetic
(low-level), but it is machine independent (a feature of high-level).
A Low-level language is specific to one machine, machine
independent. It is machine dependent, fast to run. But it is not easy to
understand.
A High-Level language is not specific to one machine,
machine independent. It is easy to understand.
C Program
In this
tutorial, all C programs are given with C compiler so that you can quickly
change the C program code.
File:
main.c
#include <stdio.h>
Int main()
{
Printf(“Hello C Programming\n”);
Return 0;
}