C programming Language - Introduction , History and Some interesting facts

C PROGRAMING LANGUAGE :-

C language was developed in 1972 in AT&T BELL LABORATORIES USA . It was developed

by DENNIS RITCHIE. Initially, it was developed to overcome the problem of previous language such as B,BCPL,etc.

It was developed for writing system softwares .In the starting phase c was developed to be used in Unix operating system .Today it has become a very popular programing language and various softwares has already been written in c language .

Many other programing languages such as C++ and Java has also been written in C .

History of Programming language :-

Top 5 Interesting facts of C :-

1. Why c language is named as C ?
Ans:- There is no such logic behind the naming of C Language. It was developed to cover all the inabilities of B language (simplified version of BCPL). So, it was just named C as it is next to B in the English alphabets. 
2. C is the only programming language that exists for such a long period and still it is widely used.
3. C-18 is the latest version of C programming Language published in June 2018.
4. What is the evolution of c programming language ? 
Ans :- C Programming language Evolution: -
ALGO->BCPL->B->Tradition C-> K&R C-> ANSI C-> ANSI/ISO C-> C99.

5. Why C Programming Language is so popular ? 

•  C language is reliable, simple, and easy to use.
•  C language is a structured language.
•  Modern programming concepts are based on C.
•  One of the early programming languages.,Still, the best programming language to learn quickly.
•  Programs written in C language takes very less time to execute and almost executes at the speed of assembly language instruction.