Features of the C Language

Features of the C Language

It is a well-known fact that C is the most widely used programming language, here are some the features of C language that separates it from the rest.

• Simple
• Mid-level programming language
• Machine Independent or Portable
• Rich Library
• Structured programming language
• Memory Management
• Recursion
• Fast Speed
• Extensible
• Pointers

1. Simple

The C language is known as a simple language in the context that it delivers a structured approach (in order to break the problem into parts), the wide set of library functions, data types, etc.

2. Mid-level programming language

C is known to do the low-level programming but it is also used to develop the system applications like kernel, driver, etc. C is also known to support the features of a high-level language. Including all these qualities, C language is as a mid-level language.

3. Machine Independent or Portable

Just opposite of the assembly language, C programs are not limited to only machines, It can be executed on different machines with some machine specific changes. Hence, C language is also called as a machine independent language.

4. A Wide library

There are a lot of inbuilt functions in the C language that are known to make the development amazingly fast.

5. Structured Programming Language

C language is a structured programming language in the context that the user can break the program into parts using the functions. Hence, C language is easy in understanding and modification. Functions in the C language also provide the user the reusability of code.

6. Memory Management

The feature of dynamic memory allocation is supported by the C language. You can free the allocated memory any time just by calling the free() function in the C language.

7. Recursion

In C language, a function can be called within the function and it also provides the code reusability for every function. Recursion generally enables the user to use the approach of backtracking.

8. Lightning Fast Speed

The compilation and execution time of C language is amazingly fast as compared to the other languages due to the lesser inbuilt functions that leads to the lesser overhead.

9. Extensible

C language is known to be extensible because of its easily adopting of the new features.

10. Pointers

The C language has the feature of pointers that can directly interact with the memory by the use of the pointers. These functions can be used like pointers for memory, structures, functions, array, etc.