Microcontroller Programming

12

Higher-Level Programming

“When you take something incredibly complex and try to wrap it in something simpler, you often just shroud the complexity.”

—Anders Hejlsberg (lead architect of the C# programming language)

OUTLINE

12.1  Introduction

12.2  Levels in Programming Languages

12.3  C Programming

12.4  Examples

12.5  A Project with C

12.6  Summary

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to

1.  Understand the levels in programming languages

2.  Understand the C program syntax

3.  List the fundamental data types in C

4.  Use the arithmetic operators in C

5.  Understand memory allocation for integer and floating point data types

6.  Solve moderately difficult problems using pointers and arrays

Key Terms: Arithmetic ...