C Programming Language

C Programming Language

1. Features

   • Popular General Purpose Language
   • Efficient
   • Control-able by the Developer
   • Portable
     • They can be run on any Compiler with Little or no Modification
   • Used to Develop New Operating Systems
     • UNIX
       • Completely Based on C
       • Interactive OS
       • Connects various machines together
     • MS-DOS
     • WINDOWS
     • Other OS

2. Developed and designed by Bell Labs, USA in 1972

3. Based on the concepts of BCPL and B Language

   • BCPL: Basic Combined Programming Language
     • INVENTOR: Martin Richards in 1967
   • B Language: Earlier Language
     • INVENTOR: Ken Thompson in 1970

4. INVENTOR: Dennis Ritche in 1972