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I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet who explains how c became c. I want to skip that part. I want to start with the question; Why C?
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I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet that explains how C became C. I want to skip that part. I want to start with the question; Why C?
   
 
'''Why C?'''
 
'''Why C?'''
   
C is a small language. C is one of the most powerfull languages. C is the combination of the low level power of machine language with the sofisticated feel of a high level language.
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* C is a small language. C is one of the most powerful languages. C is the combination of the low level power of machine language with the sophisticated feel of a high level language.
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C is as I said some sentences before a small language. C does not have embedded input/output instructions or complicated interrupt handlers, C uses library functions for this.
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* C is a small language. C does not have embedded input/output instructions or complicated interrupt handlers as C uses library functions for all of these.
C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k.
 
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* C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k.
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There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program.
 
There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program.
   

Revision as of 13:03, 12 July 2006

I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet that explains how C became C. I want to skip that part. I want to start with the question; Why C?

Why C?

  • C is a small language. C is one of the most powerful languages. C is the combination of the low level power of machine language with the sophisticated feel of a high level language.
  • C is a small language. C does not have embedded input/output instructions or complicated interrupt handlers as C uses library functions for all of these.
  • C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k.

There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program.

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