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The C Language is developed for creating system
applications that directly interact with the hardware devices such as
drivers,
kernels, etc.
C programming is considered as the base for
other programming languages, that is why it is known as mother language.
It can be defined by the following ways:
1. Mother
language
C language is considered
as the mother language of all the modern programming languages because most of the compilers, JVMs,
Kernels, etc. are written in C language, and most of the programming languages follow C syntax, for
example, C++, Java, C#, etc.
It provides the core
concepts like the array, strings, functions, file handling, etc. that are being
used in many languages like C++, Java, C#, etc.
2. System
programming language
A system programming
language is used to create system software. C language is a system programming
language because it can be used to do low-level programming (for example driver
and kernel). It is generally used
to create hardware devices, OS, drivers, kernels, etc. For example, Linux
kernel is written in C.
It can't be used for
internet programming like Java, .Net, PHP, etc.
3. Procedure-oriented
programming language
A procedure is known as
a function, method, routine, subroutine, etc. A procedural language specifies a series of steps for
the program to solve the problem.
A procedural language
breaks the program into functions, data structures, etc.
C is a procedural
language. In C, variables and function prototypes must be declared before being
used.
4. Structured
programming language
A structured programming
language is a subset of the procedural language. Structure means to break a program
into parts or blocks so
that it may be easy to understand.
In the C language, we
break the program into parts using functions. It makes the program easier to
understand and modify.
5. Mid-level
programming language
C is considered as a middle-level
language because it supports the feature of both low-level and high-level
languages. C language program is converted into
assembly code, it supports pointer arithmetic (low-level), but it is machine
independent (a feature of high-level).
A Low-level language is specific to one machine, i.e., machine dependent. It
is machine dependent, fast to run. But it is not easy to understand.
A High-Level language is not specific to one machine, i.e., machine
independent. It is easy to understand.
