Define 'C'-Language

C is a High-Level programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratory of AT & T (American Telephone & Telegraph), located in USA. C Language supports the feature of both low-level and high-level language that is why some programmers called it as a middle level programming language, because the features of high-level language specially OOPs is not available.

There are different name given to C Language, it can be called as:

  1. Mother language
  2. System programming language
  3. Procedure-oriented programming language
  4. Structured programming language
  5. Middle-level programming language

Features of C Language

  1. C is a robust language.
  2. C is machine independent and portable language.
  3. C is platform independent.
  4. C is case sensitive language.
  5. C is easy to read and maintain.
  6. Programs written in C can be reused.
  7. Program written in C are fast and efficient.
  8. C is a small programming language. So, there is no need to remember many C keywords.
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