C-History

 C Language - History

• 'C Programming' was developed by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Laboratories in 1972.

• C is a robust language.

• C is a low programming level language close to machine language

• C is widely used in the software development field.

• C is a procedure and structure oriented language.

• C has the full support of various operating systems and hardware platforms.

• Many compilers are available for executing programs written in 'C'.

• A compiler compiles the source file and generates an object file.

• A linker links all the object files together and creates one executable file.

• It is highly portable.

• C Programming is also known as Mother Language.
• C Programming evolved from ALGOL, BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language)and B Language.