Features of C Language
- Simple
- Machine Independent or Portable
- Mid-level programming language
- structured programming language
- Rich Library
- Memory Management
- Fast Speed
- Pointers
- Recursion
- Extensible
1) Simple
C is a simple language
in the sense that it provides a structured approach (to
break the problem into parts), the rich set of library
functions, data types, etc.
2) Machine Independent or Portable
Unlike assembly
language, c programs can be executed on different machines with
some machine specific changes. Therefore, C is a machine independent language.
3) Mid-level programming language
Although, C is intended to do low-level programming. It is used to develop system applications such as kernel, driver, etc. It also supports the features of a high-level language. That is why it is known as mid-level language.
4) Structured programming language
C is a structured
programming language in the sense that we can break the program
into parts using functions. So, it is easy to understand and modify.
Functions also provide code reusability.
5) Rich Library
C provides
a lot of inbuilt functions that make the development fast.
6) Memory Management
It supports the feature
of dynamic memory allocation. In C language, we can
free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function.
7) Speed
The compilation and
execution time of C language is fast since there are lesser inbuilt functions
and hence the lesser overhead.
8) Pointer
C provides the feature
of pointers. We can directly interact with the memory by using the pointers.
We can use pointers for memory, structures, functions, array, etc.
9) Recursion
In C, we can call
the function within the function. It provides code
reusability for every function. Recursion enables us to use the approach of
backtracking.
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