Introduction of C Language

What is C ?

• C is a general-purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Laboratories in 1972.
• It is a very popular language, despite being old. The main reason for its popularity is because it is a fundamental language in the field of computer science.
• C is strongly associated with UNIX, as it was developed to write the UNIX operating system.

Why Learn C ?

• It is one of the most popular programming languages in the world.
• If you know C, you will have no problem learning other popular programming languages such as C++, C#, Java, Python, etc, as the syntax is similar
• C is very fast, compared to other programming languages, like Java and Python.
• C is very versatile; it can be used in both applications and technologies.

Difference between C and C++

• C++ was developed as an extension of C, and both languages have almost the same syntax.
• The main difference between C and C++ is that C++ supports classes and objects, while C does not.

Text Editor

A text editor to write C code.

Compilers

A compiler to translate the C code into a language that the computer will understand.

IDE

An IDE is used to edit AND compile the code.