Benefits of C language over other programming languages

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C is a middle-level programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s while working at AT&T Bell Labs in the USA. The objective of development was in the context of the re-design of the UNIX operating system to enable it to be used on multiple computers systems.
Earlier the language B was now used for improving the UNIX. Being a high-level language, B allowed much faster production of code than in assembly language. Still, B suffered from drawbacks as it did not understand data-types and did not provide the use of -  structures.
These drawbacks became the driving force for Ritchie for development of a new programming language that is C. He kept most of language B’s syntax and added data-types and many other required changes in it. Eventually, C was developed during 1971-73, containing both high-level functionality and the detailed features required to program an operating system. Hence, many of the UNIX components including UNIX kernel itself were eventually rewritten in C language.
Benefits of C language
  1. As a middle-level language, C combines the features of both high-level and low-level languages. It can be used for low-level programming, such as scripting for drivers, kernels and it also supports functions of high-level programming languages, like scripting for software applications etc.
  2. C is a structured programming language which allows a complex program to be broken into simple programs call functions. It also allows free movement of data across these functions.
  3. Various features of C including direct access to machine level hardware APIs, the presence of C compilers, deterministic resource use and dynamic memory allocation make C language an optimum choice for scripting applications as well as for drivers of embedded systems.
  4. C language is case-sensitive which means lowercase and uppercase letters are treated differently in C language.
  5. C is highly portable and is used for scripting system applications which form a major part of Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems.
  6. C is a general-purpose programming language and can efficiently work on enterprise applications and applications requiring calculations, etc.
  7. C language has a rich library which provides a number of built-in functions. It also offers dynamic memory allocation which is awesome feature.
References:
1. Wikipedia

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