Introduction to C

Introduction to C

• C is Heigh Level Structured Programming Language.
• C is used for research and Development.
• It is also known as mother of all programming language.
• It is also used for developing Operating system Software.

History of C

• C was invented and first implemented by Dennis Ritchie on DEC PDP11 that used the UNIX operating system.
• C is the result of a development process that started with an older language called BCPL.
• BCPL was developed by Martin Richards, and it influenced a language called B, which was invented by Ken Thompson.
• B led to development of C in the 1970.
• To alter this situation, ANSI established a committee in the beginning of 1983 to create a standard for C, which was implemented in 1987.