INTRODUCTION TO C PROGRAMMING
Lecture-01
Computer Programming
Course Code: CSE 1113 Conduct by
Khawja Imran Masud
Assistant Professor, Department of CSE
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur
Email: kimasud.cse@duet.ac.bd , eimran.cse@gmail.com
Course at a glance!
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Course Details: Class Time & Location: Tutor Contact:
Computer Programming Monday: 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Khawja Imran Masud
Course Code: CSE 1113 Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Room# 7025, New Academic
Credit: 3.00 Building, DUET
☏ 01925527821
✉ kimasud.cse@duet.ac.bd
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Prerequisites: Reference Book:
Just little of patience in the 1) Teach Yourself C
beginning and school math. by Herbert Schildt
2) Programming in ANSI C
by E Balagurusamy
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Course related links!
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E-Learning Platform: Course Materials: Zoom
ELP: https://elp.duetbd.org Lectures, Videos and Ref. Book: Online Discussion(If any):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders https://bdren.zoom.us/j/624769
/1TisMknG3_-_r7RF7fkj2jd0Y- 18000?pwd=QitweVFxVjJSUVZCc
4aMDKfi?usp=sharing 1BWd2xjTmViZz09
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Resource-2: Resource-1:
https://www.javatpoint.com/c- http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-
programming-language-tutorial tutor.html
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c- https://codeforwin.org/2017/08/intr
programming-language/ oduction-c-programming.html
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Outline
Introduction to C
01 programming 04 What is C used for?
History of Basic Structure of C Program
02 Programming C 05 and Hello world program
03 Features of C Language
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Introduction to C
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:
Mother language
System programming language
Procedure-oriented programming language
Structured programming language
Mid-level programming language
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Introduction to C (cont.)
C as a 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.
C as a 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.
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Introduction to C (cont.)
C as a procedural language: 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.
C as a 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.
C as a 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.
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History of C
C programming language was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at bell laboratories of
AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph), located in the U.S.A. Dennis Ritchie is known as
the founder of the c language.
Language Year Developed By
*It was developed to Algol 1960 International Group
overcome the problems of BCPL 1967 Martin Richard
previous languages such as B,
B 1970 Ken Thompson
BCPL, etc.
Traditional C 1972 Dennis Ritchie
*Initially, C language was K&RC 1978 Kernighan & Dennis
developed to be used in UNIX Ritchie
operating system. It inherits ANSI C 1989 ANSI Committee
many features of previous ANSI/ISO C 1990 ISO Committee
languages such as B and BCPL C99 1999 Standardization
Committee
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Features of C Language
C is small(only 32 keywords).
C has rich set of built-in functions and support variety of data types& operators.
C is highly portable (Machine independent).
C is structured.
C has ability to extend itself.
C is stable(the language doesn’t change much).
C is quick running (code written in c is efficient & fast).
C is the basis for many other languages(C++, C#, Java, Perl etc.).
C is a Programmers Language.
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What is C used for?
–OSes, like Linux, Windows, Mac
–Microcontrollers: automobiles and airplanes
–Embedded processors: phones, portable electronics, etc.
–DSP processors: digital audio and TV systems.
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Basic Structure of C Program
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Hello world Program
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Any Questions?
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