Fundamentals

C is a second generation and a third generation language. It possesses the powerful low-level features of second generation language such as pointers,memory allocation and bit manipulation.It also supports conditional constructs,loop constructs, a rich list of operators and a variety of data structure as in the third generation languages.

C language is so powerful that C compilers are being written in earlier versions of C language. C is also used to write application, such as other language compilers,databases,spreadsheets and word processors.

DID YOU KNOW??
"Out of a total 13,000 lines of codes for the Unix Operating System, all except 800 lines have been written in C language."

Features of the C language

• Pointers
• Memory Allocation
• Recursion
• Bit-Manipulation

Fundamental Data Types

The fundamental data types includes the data types at the lowest level. All other data types are based on the fundamental data types. They are classified as follows:

1. Primary data types.
2. Derived data types.
3. User-defined data types.