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1.) “C” is a Structured, High-Level

programming language.

“C” is Structured bcoz it has a modular

structure...
C programs can b organized into function
modules & blocks.

2.) “C” is Machine- Independent language...

Coz it supports development of programs
independent of d hardware platforms on
which they will b implemented.

“C” is highly portable because C programs

written on 1 computer can b easily run on
another with little or no modification.

3.) “C” was developed by Dennis Ritchie @

Bell Laboratories in 1972.

4.) “C” was evolved from languages such as

ALGOL, BCPL (Basic Combined
Programming Language),
And B Lang.

5.) “C” was developed along with d UNIX

operating System @ Bell Laboratories...
Hence it is closely associated with UNIX.
Also UNIX o.s. was entirely coded in C.

6.) “ANSI” means American National

Standard Institute.

7.) What is “ANSI C” ..?

A: - ANSI set up a committee to
define certain standards for C language.
The Committee proposed a version of C in
1989 which was then approved by ISO
(International Standards Organization)
1990. From then onwards, this version of C
is known as ANSI C.

8.) C has a rich set of Built-in Functions,

Powerful Operators and a variety of
Datatypes.

Comment Lines
 Comment lines (/* */) cannot b inserted in d
middle of a word..

Also comment lines cannot be nested in C.

i.e. /* abcd /* efgh */ ijkl */ only the
things between d first /* and first */ (abcd
efgh) will b considered as comment & wil b
ignored by the compiler.

Comment lines do not affect the size or

execution speed of programs.. so shud b
used extensively..

C is case sensitive.. that is it makes a

distinction between uppercase & lowercase
letters.
Everything in C is generally written in
lowercase letters except for symbolic
constants.
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