Features of C Programming

C is a popular programming language among programmers. It is one of the widely used programming language in the world.

Features of C programming language:

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Simple and Robust:

For beginner’s C is the easiest language to learn. Its simplicity lies in the lesser number of programming constructs that can power up any complex system. However, some concepts of C programming can become nightmare for beginners. C supports a rich set of built-in library functions and a variety of operators.

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Portability:

C is a machine independent language. C programs can run on a range of machines that has a C compiler. Today almost every machine has a minimum C compiler installed on it. Hence, when you write programs in C you should not worry, whether your program will run on a particular machine or not. However, C does not supports platform independency as Java.

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Modularity:

C programs are modular in nature. We can divide C programs to several modules that will combine in a single module to build the final program.

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Extensibility:

C language provides a rich set of built-in library function. We can also build our own library functions and can use them in future. Because of modularization of programs, you can extend your C programs anytime.

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Speed:

The compilation and execution of C programs are faster than modern programming languages.

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Wide acceptability:

C programming is widely known among programmers around the world. Because of its vast popularity, it is suitable for most of the system projects.

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Why should I learn C Programming?

Whether you are beginning your programming life or you have learnt programming. Learning C has its own importance, below are the few advantages of C, over other programming languages.

• C is a simple language, compared any other modern programming languages. It contains a lesser number of programming constructs that makes it easy to learn. However, some concepts of C programming can be a nightmare for beginners.
• Learning C will make you understand how a computer program functions internally.
• Despite being a high-level programming language its ability to provide rich support for low-level programming separates it from modern programming languages.
• The Backbone of Operating system development is C. Most of the popular OS either fully or partially written in C.
• C is the main programming language used in Apple iOS apps and OS development as Objective C. Objective C is the Object Oriented version of C programming.
• C language is widely used for the development of Compilers, Assemblers, Language Interpreters, Device drivers, Databases, Embedded systems, Server, Game frameworks etc.
• Most of the modern programming languages either directly or indirectly inherited from C. Therefore, C will definitely help to learn C inherited languages.

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