What exactly C is?

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C is a high level programming language developed by Daniel Ritchie at Bell Laboratories by 1970s. C began more popular in the late seventies and began to replace the programming language at that time like PL/I, ALGOL,etc. Thus without advertisement C's reputation spread and its pool of users grew.It seems to be surprised that so many programmers preferred C to older programming language like Fortran or PL/I,or the newer ones like pascal and APL.


Why C became more popular than other programming language??
1. It is very difficult to learn C++,C# or JAVA directly. Learning these complicated concepts like C++,C# when we are not even comfortable with basic programming language is like putting the cart before the horse. Hence to learn complicated language like C++ we should have thoroughly knowledge about C.

2. Major parts of popular operating systems like Windows, UNIX,Linux are still written in C. This is because even today when it comes to performance and execution none other programming language could beat C.

3. In 3D computer games there is the essence of speed. Such games would not become popular if they they take long time to move spaceship or to fire a bullet. To match the expectation of the player the game has to react fast to the user inputs. This is where C language scores over other programming language. Many popular gaming frameworks like (DirectX) has been built using C language.

4. C provides several language elements that make the interaction between user and the hardware device feasible without compromising the performance, hence it is preferred choice of programmers.