Importance of ‘C’ language

Importance of ‘C’ language

1. It is robust language whose rich setup of built in functions and operator can be used to write any complex program.

2. Program written in C are efficient due to several variety of data types and powerful operators.

3. The C compiler combines the capabilities of an assembly language with the feature of high level language. Therefore it is well suited for writing both system software and business package.

4. There are only 32 keywords; several standard functions are available which can be used for developing program.

5. C is portable language; this means that C programs written for one computer system can be run on another system, with little or no modification.

6. C language is well suited for structured programming, this requires user to think of a problems in terms of function or modules or block. A collection of these modules make a program debugging and testing easier.

7. C language has its ability to extend itself. A c program is basically a collection of functions that are supported by the C library. We can continuously add our own functions to the library with the availability of the large number of functions.

8. In India and abroad mostly people use C programming language because it is easy to learn and understand.