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2. The C Programming Language

Armstrong Subero1  
(1)
Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago
 

In this chapter, we begin our foray into embedded systems development. We will begin by looking at the language of choice for embedded systems development. While there are many languages that you may use to develop your embedded applications, no language is as popular in modern development as C, and that trend won’t change anytime soon. In this chapter, I of course cannot cover every nuance of the C programming language. However, I will cover the most important ...

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