Features of C:
C is the most basic programming language and is among the first High level language which is user interactive as well as machine understandable in nature. Some other features of C are discussed below.
| FEATURES | DESCRIPTION |
| Extensible | C is extensible in the sense that it can easily accept and and can easily adapt new features. |
| Fast Speed | Fast speed of C results in quick compilation and execution of C programs within few seconds. |
| Machine Independent or Portable | Portability of C makes it machine independent and thus can be easily executed in many machines, unlike the low level programming languages which are still machine dependent. |
| Mid-level programming language | C is a high level language as it can be easily developed by a user. However, C can also be used as a low level programming language to develop some system applications such as kernel, driver etc. Thus, it can be better called as a mid-level language, instead of a high level language. |
| Memory Management | Dynamic memory allocation is a unique feature in C language, that helps to manage the memory easily. For example, we can quickly and easily free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function. |
| Pointers | Pointers in C helps to directly interact with the memory and can be easily used with memory, structures, functions, array etc. |
| Rich Library | The rich library of C contains various files that includes a collection of inbuilt functions, keywords, and processes to have a fast development and execution. |
| Recursion | Recursion means to call a function within that function only. C is the first language to have this unique feature which ultimately improves the code reusability. |
| Simple to Learn | The structured architecture of C, its rich set of library functions, collections of different data types and its others unique features makes it a user interactive and simple to learn and easy to understand programming language. |
| Structured programming language | A structured programming language is the one which can be broken into smaller parts. C supports this feature using multiple functions and is thus called as a Structured Programming Language. |
