C Features

C is a widely used language because it provides a lot of features. Some of the features are given below:

  1. Modularity
  2. Portability
  3. Extendability
  4. Speed
  5. Powerful
  6. Memory Management
  7. Pointers

1. Modularity

Modularity is the ability to breakdown a large module into sub-modules that are easy to manage. Modular Programming is an important feature of structured programming languages like C.

2. Portability

C Language programs are portable that allows it to run on different operating systems. Because of the portability feature, programs written in C works on different computer systems with little or no modifications.

3. Extendability

Another feature of C is extendability. It is an ability to extend the existing software by adding some new features.

4. Speed

C programs run faster. ‘C’ is also called a middle-level language. Actually, it has advantages of both high level and middle-level languages. Programs written in ‘C’ language run at the speeds equals to that of the same programs written in assembly language. Therefore, C Language mostly used for system software development.

5. Powerful

C language provides a variety of data types, functions, and loops that makes it a powerful programming language.

6. Memory Management

C Language supports the feature of dynamic memory allocation. You can free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function in C.

7. Pointers

C provides efficient use of pointers. Using pointers, you can directly interact with the memory.

As C Language collected all useful features of previous languages, it has become more efficient & user-friendly as compare to previous languages.


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