About C language

1) C is a general-purpose programming language with features economy of expression, modern flow control and data structures, and a rich set of operators, and although it has been called a ‘‘system programming language’’ because it is useful for writing compilers and operating systems

2) C was originally designed for and implemented on the UNIX operating system by Dennis Ritchie.It was first implemented on the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 computer in 1972.

3) The operating system, the C compiler, and essentially all UNIX applications programs are written in C.

4)C is not tied to any particular hardware or system and it is easy to write programs that will run without change on any machine that supports C.

5)C has now become a widely used professional language because it is easy to learn, programming will be in a step wise manner, it will work in any operating system not only in UNIX operating system.

6) C language was basically invented to write an OS named UNIX is totally written in C language, this language was written as the next level of language B which is introduced in 1970