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General-Purpose Programming Language C Overview

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What was the original purpose of creating the C programming language?

To develop application software
To construct utilities running on Unix (correct)
To implement protocol stacks
To run on supercomputers only

Which book served as the de facto standard for the C programming language?

Programming in B
C Programming for Beginners
The C Programming Language (correct)
The Java Programming Language

What type of language is C considered to be?

Procedural (correct)
Functional
Object-Oriented
Declarative

When was C standardized by ANSI and ISO?

1989 (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which aspects does C support among the following?

Imperative Procedural Programming and Lexical Variable Scope (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about C programming language?

C encourages cross-platform programming and has a standard that allows programs with minimal changes to be compiled on various platforms. (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of C programming language?

C allows for pass-by-value, functions as subroutines, and allows for pass-by-reference with pointers. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following languages has not been influenced by C?

COBOL (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about the origin of C?

C was developed by multiple people with input from colleagues and was closely tied to the development of Unix. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a feature of C programming language?

C has a static type system and requires explicit memory management and does not support garbage collection. (B) Signup and view all the answers