C Language Importance

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LanguageWhy should You Learn C Language?



The C programming language for everybody. It is meant for

people who need not be told about it. It is meant for people who do not

need to be taught.

The Need

The C programming language is unique. It is special. It is small. It is

great and it is filled with UNIX genius. It is just like a typical UNIX tool

which does only one job, but does it well. The C language is small but it

is the most challenging programming skill to acquire today.

C is meant for people who understand the big picture well. It is meant

for technologists, technocrats and people who create and design stuff.Most of the time, what you can do in C, you cannot do in any other

language. Think of Kernel programming or Embedded Systems.

Understanding C means understanding what's really going on inside the

computer. When one understands C, assembly language is at most

tedious, but not conceptually difficult. Aside from the pure

mathematical thrill of understanding these things, there are practicalapplications of this knowledge:

Bugs: They'll always exist in software at all levels, so you need to

be able to recognize them at all levels.

Security: "A chain is only as strongest as its weakest link." Okay,

I've resorted to vague clichés, nevertheless, the most common

elements in any software project are the low-level ones. Crackers

can break into more places by finding low-level exploits, so that's where you should expect most attacks.

Optimization: Porting your performance-critical sections to C

means the ability to do maximum optimization to your code. The

conveniences of languages like Java and Perl are costly both

memory-wise and performance-wise. C gives you readable code

without a lot of secret functionality that you may or may not want.



The Need This is not to say that C is better than otherlanguages, only that it will teach you more. In

practice, C code is more difficult to secure, andmore likely to have obscure bugs. Using C in place ofa higher-level language is always a trade off, butone that should be based on an informed decision.

C forces an acute awareness of Computer memory.

What makes C so special that it has become the numberone all-purpose programming language on this planet? It's

a number of factors, really. One can easily memorise all of C's functionality. You won't

see many productive C++ or Perl programmers without a

copy of the C Language. But once you know C, a reference

is hardly necessary. You can keep it all in your head.

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There are free and/or commercial C implementations fornearly all known platforms.

• You can do everything in C, where nothing is really easy to

do, but nothing is really hard. Compare that to BASIC

where everything is easy, but you can't really do all that

much.

• C is all lower case. That rules.

• C has got grillions of function libraries thoughtful men

have written to enable you to live a lazier programmer's life.• C is very well-standardised.

• C is not overly strict, but does a reasonable amount of type

checking and such.

• C can be used for immensely complex, super-high-level

stuff because it provides very flexible data structures.

• C can be used to program on the bare metal since it's got

bit-wise operators, pointer arithmetic's etc.



C Language "a language that combines all the elegance

and power of assembly language with all the readability

and maintainability of assembly language".

C is a type of programming language (an artificial

language enabling humans to talk to computers). If you

plan on programming or would like to learn programming,

there are many Reasons to learn to develop C code.

Computer Talk : C is a

general programminglanguage. Learning C gives

you a strong foundation in

programming so you can

move onto other

programming languages like

C++.

Popularity: Despite beingdeveloped in 1972, in March

2010, the Programming

Community index still

ranked C as the 2nd most

popular programming

language.

Lots of Resources :

Because of its age and

popularity, there are many

resources to help you learn

how to program in C. This

makes it easy to find sourcecode, user groups, tutorials

and books so you will have

many resources to help you

learn the language.

Many Applications : C

code can be applied to a

wide range of programs like

games, operating systems,

and applications. Being able

to program for multipleplatforms gives you more

job skills, therefore making

you a much more attractive

hire than someone who only

programs for one platform.

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