{"id":14325,"date":"2023-03-17T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btechgeeks.com\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T04:49:53","slug":"what-is-c-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btechgeeks.com\/what-is-c-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"What is C Programming language"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#What_is_C_programming_language.\">What is C programming language.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Who_developed_C_programming_language.\">Who developed C programming language.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#What_are_the_uses_of_C_programming_language.\">What are the uses of C programming language.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"What_is_C_programming_language.\"><\/a>What is C Programming language<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>C is a general-purpose, imperative popular computer programming language.<\/li>\n<li>C programming language was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&amp;T Bell Labs in USA.<\/li>\n<li>It supports structured programming, variable scope, recursion, provide low-level access to memory etc.<\/li>\n<li>C become one of the most widely used programming languages of all time. C is also the most widely used programming language for writing operating systems, UNIX is the first programming language written in C.<\/li>\n<li>C programming is considered as the precursor for almost all of the most popular high-level languages available today including C++, D, Go, Rust, Java etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"Who_developed_C_programming_language.\"><\/a>Who developed C Programming Language<\/h3>\n<p>In 1972 Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs developed C and in 1978, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan published the first edition of The C Programming Language.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"What_are_the_uses_of_C_programming_language.\"><\/a>What are the uses of C programming language.<\/h3>\n<p>C is one of the most popular languages out there for programming lower level things like operating systems and device drivers, as well as implementing programming languages. C was originally developed for creating system applications that direct interacts to the hardware devices. Below are some examples of uses of C programming language.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operating System Kernel<\/li>\n<li>Programming Language Compilers<\/li>\n<li>Assemblers<\/li>\n<li>Text Editors and Word processors<\/li>\n<li>Print Spoolers<\/li>\n<li>Network Drivers<\/li>\n<li>Modern Softwares<\/li>\n<li>Database and File systems<\/li>\n<li>Embedded systems<\/li>\n<li>Real Time softwares<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is C programming language. Who developed C programming language. What are the uses of C programming language. What is C Programming language C is a general-purpose, imperative popular computer programming language. C programming language was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&amp;T Bell Labs in USA. 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