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Lect 2 Programming Logic Using C' Features of C

The document outlines the features of the C programming language, highlighting its role as a mother language, system programming language, and its characteristics as a procedural and structured programming language. It discusses C's advantages such as portability, rich libraries, fast execution, and extensibility, while also noting its disadvantages including a lack of object-oriented programming concepts and exception handling. Overall, C is presented as a versatile mid-level language that is foundational to many modern programming languages.

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Lect 2 Programming Logic Using C' Features of C

The document outlines the features of the C programming language, highlighting its role as a mother language, system programming language, and its characteristics as a procedural and structured programming language. It discusses C's advantages such as portability, rich libraries, fast execution, and extensibility, while also noting its disadvantages including a lack of object-oriented programming concepts and exception handling. Overall, C is presented as a versatile mid-level language that is foundational to many modern programming languages.

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Programming Logic Using ‘C’

BCAC0001
Lect-2 Features of C
Presented by:
Atul Kumar Uttam
Assistant Professor
Computer Engineering & Applications Department,
GLA University, Mathura
atul.uttam@gla.ac.in, +91-8979593001
Features of C
– Mother language
– System programming language
– Procedure-oriented programming language
– Structured programming language
– Mid-level programming language
– Machine independent / Portable
– Rich Library
– Fast Speed
– Extensible

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1) C as a mother language

• Most of the compilers/interpreters, JVMs, Kernels,


etc. are written in C language
• Many core concepts of C are used in modern
languages

• C++, Java, C#, Python

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2) System Programming Language

• It can be used to do low-level programming


– device driver
– Kernel (Linux kernel is written in C)

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3) Procedural language

• Procedure:
– Program is a sequence of instructions
– What to do & How to do

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4) Structured Programming

• Structure means to break a program into parts or


blocks
• Easy to understand
• Easy to debug

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5) Mid level programming language

• Supports the features of –


– Low level languages (assembly)
• Pointer arithmetic
– High level languages (Java, Python)
• Machine independent

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6) Machine independent / Portable

• If you write a C code in your machine, it will run on any


machine which supports C, without modifying a single line of
code.
• Because it is not tied to any hardware or system.
• We can say, it is a hardware independent language or
platform independent language.

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7) Rich Library

• Every C compiler comes with a set of ready-to-use functions,


called C standard library.
• The use of these library functions saves considerable
programming effort.

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8) Fast Speed

• A C program is executed very quickly.

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9) Extensible

• C language is extensible because it can easily adopt new


features.

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Disadvantages of C

• Concepts of OOP
• Compiled
• No concept of namespace
• Lack of Exception Handling
• Low level of abstraction
• Less Secure
• Many bugs can’t be detected by compiler

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