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I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet | I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet that explains how C became C. I want to skip that part. I want to start with the question; Why C? | ||
'''Why C?''' | '''Why C?''' | ||
C is a small language. C is one of the most | * C is a small language. C is one of the most powerful languages. C is the combination of the low level power of machine language with the sophisticated feel of a high level language. | ||
C is | |||
C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k. | * C is a small language. C does not have embedded input/output instructions or complicated interrupt handlers as C uses library functions for all of these. | ||
* C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k. | |||
There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program. | There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program. | ||
Back to [[http://www.atari-forum.com/wiki/index.php/Atari_ST_C_for_newbies]] | Back to [[http://www.atari-forum.com/wiki/index.php/Atari_ST_C_for_newbies]] | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 12 July 2006
I am not going to explain how and where it started. I am not going to say that it is the succesor of the language B. There are enough sources on the internet that explains how C became C. I want to skip that part. I want to start with the question; Why C?
Why C?
- C is a small language. C is one of the most powerful languages. C is the combination of the low level power of machine language with the sophisticated feel of a high level language.
- C is a small language. C does not have embedded input/output instructions or complicated interrupt handlers as C uses library functions for all of these.
- C is very portable. Because C is so small you can use it on virtually any machine. An example is Hisoft C on the ZX-Spectrum 48k.
There are more reasons why you want to choose for C, but that does not bring you one bit closer to your first in C written program.
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