INTRODUCTION-TO-C-PROGRAMMING

What is C?

C Is general purpose programming language created by Dennis Ritchie at the bell lab in 1972.

What is general purpose programming language?
A programming language that is used to solve a wide variety of problems. Languages such as C, C++ and Java are examples
It is a very popular language, despite being old

Why Learn C?
•    It is one of the most popular programming language in the world
•    If you know C, you will have no problem learning other popular programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, etc, as the syntax is similar
•    C is very fast, compared to other programming languages, like Java and Python
•    C is very versatile; it can be used in both applications and technologies

Difference between C and C++
•    C++ was developed as an extension of C, and both languages have almost the same syntax
•    The main difference between C and C++ is that C++ support classes and objects, while C does not