what is c language?

Answer 1

A computer programming language.

C came into being in the years 1969-1973, in parallel with the early development of the Unix operating system; the most creative period occurred during 1972. Another spate of changes peaked between 1977 and 1979, when portability of the Unix system was being demonstrated. In the middle of this second period, the first widely available description of the language appeared: The C Programming Language, often called the `white book' or `K&R' [Kernighan 78]. Finally, in the middle 1980s, the language was officially standardized by the ANSI X3J11 committee, which made further changes. Until the early 1980s, although compilers existed for a variety of machine architectures and operating systems, the language was almost exclusively associated with Unix; more recently, its use has spread much more widely, and today it is among the languages most commonly used throughout the computer industry.

Answer 2

C also has a spin off called C++. A major difference between C, which is described by another answerer, is that C++ lends itself to object oriented programming (OOP); C does not. Not that you can't do OOP in C, but it's more difficult to do it in C than in C++.

Ordinary programming is top-down functional programming where each line describes some sort of operation. OOP, on the other hand, programs by thing...called an entity or object. (entity is just a fancy word for thing) So in OOP what you program with C++ or other object oriented languages is the thing that will perform the operation and then add the operation to the thing.

C, FORTRAN, C++, Pascal, BASIC, COBOL, Ada, and a host of others are called language because, like the English language, they have grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. You have to follow these very precisely because a computer is very stupid and would not know what to do if there is an error in grammar, syntax, or vocabulary.

Answer 3

"The C programming language (often, just "C") is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative computer programming language developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie for use on the Unix operating system. It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is now one of the most widely used programming languages. C also has had a great influence on many other popular languages, especially C++ which was originally designed as an enhancement to C. It is distinguished for the efficiency of the code it produces, and is the most commonly used programming language for writing system software, though it is also widely used for writing applications. Though not originally designed as a language for teaching, and despite its somewhat unforgiving character, C is commonly used in computer science education, in part because the language is so pervasive." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_programming_language)

Basically, C programming language is an easy way to make programs. It is very popular, and many programs (like adobe photoshop and Google) use it. Because of it's simplicity, its "source code" (the written language) can be used for many "platforms", like Windows, MacOS, Unix and Linux, palmOS, and others. With a little but of learning, you could make your own program easily!!! Download Dev C++ (http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html) and you have a free C program for Windows, and a compiler!!

Answer 4

C is computer language. which is mostly used to develop the Applications. Its a middle level language. A C program is run in a dos prompt. this is a basic language to learn C++ and JAVA. most of the applications now a days are developing through C only.

Answer 5

The C programming language is a standardized programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the UNIX operating system. It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is one of the most widely used programming languages.

Answer 6

a programming language

Answer 7

C langauge means Crip language normally spoken by gang members

Answer 8

Its a Programming Language.
If you wanna learn programming,learn and master C.
Pointers in C are lay the foundation for C++,Java or any other Object Oriented Languages.
I dont care and dont want to know who developed it and all that crap.Just learn it if interested in programming.

Answer 9

it a programming language.
You use it to wite different porgrams

Answer 10

Hello,
totally agree with the answer by Ethan.