Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 1

C and C++

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding the structure of a C/C++ program

Using comments

Declaring variables

Using mathematical operators

Working with branching and looping statements

Creating functions and data structures

Working with objects

The C language focuses on simplicity (for the computer, not for human programmers). Whereas other programming languages include a large number of keywords, the C language consists of a much smaller number of keywords. As a result, creating C compilers is relatively easy compared to creating compilers for other programming languages, which means that C compilers are easy to write for every operating system. This makes it easier to port (transfer) C programs from one computer to another.

Because the C language consists of relatively few ...