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C Lesson
Introduction to C
C is a general-purpose, procedural programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 at Bell Laboratories. It is one of the most popular programming languages and is widely used for system programming, embedded systems, operating systems, game development, and application software.
Features of C
Simple and easy to learn
Fast execution speed
Portable (runs on different platforms)
Structured programming language
Rich set of built-in operators and functions
Supports pointers for direct memory access
Efficient memory management
Extensible through libraries
Applications of C
Operating Systems (e.g., Unix/Linux)
Embedded Systems
Device Drivers
Database Systems
Compilers and Interpreters
Networking Software
Game Development
System Utilities
Advantages of C
High performance
Portable across platforms
Easy to debug
Supports modular programming
Large standard library
Foundation for learning other programming languages like C++, Java, and Python
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}