Introduction
The C programming language is a general-purpose, middle-level language originally developed by Dennis M. Ritchie at Bell Labs. It was created over the period 1969 through 1973 for the development of the UNIX operating system, which had previously been written in assembly language. The name C was chosen because many of its features derived from an earlier language called B. Whereas the B language is no longer in common use, C became and still remains one of the most popular and influential programming languages in use today.
Although C is a general-purpose language it is most often used for systems programming. This includes software that controls the computer hardware directly, such as drivers, operating systems, and software for ...
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