Advantages of C over other languages

In the early 1970s, the C programming language was developed by Dennis Ritchie. It was developed to redesign the UNIX operating system.

The early B language used in UNIX systems had some shortcomings. It does not support structures and is not aware of data types. Therefore, C language was introduced. C has advanced functionality and detailed operating system programming features. The UNIX kernel is developed in C.

Advantages of C language

• C is an intermediate language. It has both low-level and high-level features. We can use C to make drivers or kernel-level programs, as well as programs for other software.

• C is a structured programming language. This allows complex programs to be broken down into simpler ones. These smaller programs are called functions.

• We can use C as a scripting language for embedded system drivers. Because C has direct access to machine-level hardware APIs, dynamic memory allocation and other functions.

• C language is case-sensitive. Therefore, lowercase letters and uppercase letters have different meanings.

• C is a very portable language. Different components of Windows, UNIX and Linux systems are written in C.

• Since C is a universal language, we can use C for game design, graphics, enterprise applications, etc.

• C has a rich built-in function library.

Due to these characteristics, C has replaced some famous languages, such as ALGOL, B, PL/I, FORTRAN, etc. C has become a widely used language in embedded systems, microprocessors, microcontrollers, etc.

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