WHY USE ‘C’?

 

• ‘C’ is commonly used to produce operating systems and commercial software. Some examples of these are UNIX, Lotus-123, dBase, and some ‘C’ compilers.

 

• Machine Portable, which means that it requires only small changes to run on other computers.

 

• Very Fast, almost as fast as assembler.

 

• Emphasizes structured programming, by focusing on functions and subroutines.

 

• You may easily customize ’C’ to your own needs.

 

• Suited to Large and Complex Programs.

 

• Very Flexible, allows you to create your own functions.