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Computer Science Turbo C

C is a general-purpose programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories to develop a new operating system. Ritchie found the existing languages insufficient and created C, basing it on earlier languages like B and BCPL. C is a structured programming language that is simple, famous, and used in many applications.

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Computer Science Turbo C

C is a general-purpose programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories to develop a new operating system. Ritchie found the existing languages insufficient and created C, basing it on earlier languages like B and BCPL. C is a structured programming language that is simple, famous, and used in many applications.

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Assignment # 1

a. What is C Language? e. Why was “C” developed?

 is a general-purpose programming language  It is because Ritchie was engaged in a project


that is simple and famous. It is a structured to develop a new operating system. He found
programming language used in many out that he needed using a programming
applications. language that was concise. This led him into
developing “C” programming language.

b. Who developed “C”?  It was based from an earlier language called


“B”, which was developed by Ken Thompson. It
 Dennis Ritchie made the C programming was also derived from the BCPL (Basic
language based on other ones, which are the Computer Programming Language).
'ALGOL', 'BCPL' and 'B' programming
languages.

c. When was “C” developed?

 C was developed by on the year of 1972.

d. Where was “C” developed?

 It was developed on the Bell Laboratiories in


Murray Hill, New Jersey in the USA.

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