1-Introduction to C programming language.pptx

About C programming language

1. Getting Started What is C? Getting Started with C The C Character Set Constants, Variables, and Keywords Types of C Constants Rules for constructing Integer Constants Rules for constructing Real Constants Rules for constructing Character Constants Types of C Variables Rules for constructing Variable Name C Keywords

2. Introduction to C Language What is C? C is a programming language developed at AT & T’s Bell Laboratories of USA in 1972. It was designed and written by Dennis Ritchie. It is reliable, simple and easy to use. C is highly portable, software written in on computer can be run on another computer An important feature of C is its ability to extend itself. C program is basically a collection of functions.

3. Major parts of popular operating systems like Windows, UNIX, Linux are still written in C. Many popular gaming frameworks have been built using C language. C is a structured programming language. C supports functions that enables easy maintainability of code, by breaking large file into smaller modules. Comments in C provides easy readability. C is a powerful language.

4. Historical Development of C

5. Why Name 'C' was given to this language? Many of the ideas of C language were derived and taken from 'B' language. BCPL and CPL are previous versions of 'B' language. As many features came from B it was named as 'C'.

6. Getting Started With C Steps in learning C language: Step 1: Know about alphabets, numbers and special symbols used in C Step 2: Using step 1 constructed constants, variables and keywords Step 3: write instructions using step 2 Step 4: Combining step 3 form a program

7. Learning English Language Vs Learning C Language