Features of C Programming Language

C is a procedural programming language. C is the widely used language. It was initially developed by Dennis Ritchie in the year 1972. It was mainly developed as a system programming language to write an operating system. 

Features of C Programming Language: 

C is a Simple.

C is a Procedural Language.

C is a Fast and Efficient.

C is a Rich Library/ Libraries with rich Functions.

C is a Modularity.

C is a Pointers.

C is a Statically Type.

C is a Memory Management.

C is a General-Purpose Language.

C is a Rich set of built-in Operators.

C is a Middle-Level Language.

C is a structured programming language.

C is a Portability.

C is a Easy to Extend.

C is a Recursion.

Simple:-

C is a simple language in the sense that it provides a structured approach (to break the problem into parts), the rich set of library functions, data types, etc.

procedural language:-

In a procedural language like C step by step predefined instructions are carried out. C program may contain more than one function to perform a particular task. 

Fast and Efficient:-

The compilation and execution time of C language is fast since there are lesser inbuilt functions and hence the lesser overhead.  programming language as the been middle-level language provides programmers access to direct manipulation with the computer hardware  It’s fast because statically typed languages are faster than dynamically typed languages. 

 Rich Library:-

C provides a lot of inbuilt functions that make the development fast. Robust libraries and functions in C help even a beginner coder to code with ease. 

modularity:-

The concept of storing C programming language code in the form of libraries for further future uses is known as modularity. C language has its own library to solve common problems like in this we can use a particular function by using a header file stored in its library. 

Pointer:-

C provides the feature of pointers. We can directly interact with the memory by using the pointers. We can use pointers for memory, structures, functions, array, etc.

     pointers point to a specific location in the memory and interact directly with it. Using the C pointers, you can operate with memory, arrays, functions, and structures.

Statically Type:-

    C programming language is a statically typed language. Meaning the type of variable is checked at the time of compilation but not at run time. This means each time a programmer type a program they have to mention the type of variables used. 

 Memory Management:-

It supports the feature of dynamic memory allocation. In C language, we can free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function.

General-Purpose Language:-

C programming language is used in various applications. Some of the common applications where it’s used are as follows: 

• Operating systems: Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, OXS

• Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server etc.

Rich set of built-in Operators:-

    It is a diversified language with a rich set of built-in operators which are used in writing complex or simplified C programs.

Middle-Level Language:-

    As it is a middle-level language so it has the combined form of both capabilities of assembly language and features of the high-level language. 

Structured programming language:-

C is a structured programming language in the sense that we can break the program into parts using functions. So, it is easy to understand and modify. Functions also provide code reusability.

Portability:-

Another feature of the C language is portability. To put it simply, C programs are machine-independent which means that you can run the fraction of a code created in C on various machines with none or some machine-specific changes. Hence, it provides the functionality of using a single code on multiple systems depending on the requirement.

Extensibility:-

You can easily (and quickly) extend a C program. This means that if a code is already written, you can add new features to it with a few alterations. Basically, it allows adding new features, functionalities, and operations to an existing C program.

Recursion:-

In C, we can call the function within the function. It provides code reusability for every function. Recursion enables us to use the approach of backtracking.

C language provides the feature of recursion. Recursion means that you can create a function that can call itself multiple times until a given condition is true, just like the loops. Recursion in C programming provides the functionality of code reusability and backtracking.