C is a general-purpose, procedural, middle-level programming language that was developed by Dennis Ritchie in the 1970s at Bell Laboratories). It is widely used and influential, and many later languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from C, including C++, C#, Java, Python, and Ruby). Some of the key features of C language include:
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Simple and Efficient: The basic syntax style of implementing C language is very simple and easy to learn, making it easily comprehensible and enabling a programmer to redesign or create a new application. C is usually used as an introductory language to introduce programming to school students because of this feature.
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Fast: C is a middle-level language that provides programmers access to direct manipulation with the computer hardware, making it faster than higher-level languages.
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Portability: C programs are machine-independent, which means that you can run the fraction of a code created in C on various machines with none or some machine-specific changes. Hence, it provides the functionality of using a single code on multiple systems depending on the requirement.
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Modularity with Structured Language: C is a general-purpose structured language that allows you to break a code into different parts using functions which can be stored in the form of libraries for future use and reusability. Structuring the code using functions increases the visual appeal and makes the program more organized and less prone to errors.
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Rich Library: C provides a lot of inbuilt functions that make the development fast.
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Dynamic Memory Management: C supports the feature of dynamic memory allocation, which can be used to free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function.
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Pointers: C uses pointers, which improve performance by enabling direct interaction with the system memory.
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Recursion: C enables developers to backtrack by providing code reusability for every function.
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Structured Programming Language: C is a structured programming language in the sense that we can break the program into parts using functions. So, it is easy to understand and modify. Functions also provide code reusability.
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Mid-level Programming Language: C is a mid-level language that supports the features of both a low-level and a high-level language.
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Statically Type: The type of variable is checked at the time of compilation but not at run time. This means each t...
