C Background

C is a popular computer programing language developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs.

Main features of C language are.

1. It is a Procedural (Imperative) language.
2. Cross platform programming language.
3. ANSI published the standard for C in 1989 called as C89 and later in 1999 called as C99.
4. Latest ANSI standard for C as of 2014 is C11.
5. C is used in system programming to develop OS.
6. C is also used in embedded systems.
7. C inspired many languages like C++, Java, C#, Perl, Python, PHP etc.
8. C does not have any object oriented features.

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