C Language Tutorial

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There was no official standard for the C language, but the …… Therefore, by definition of the C language, a double plus sign either before or after a …

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C Language Tutorial
Version 0.042
March, 1999
Original MS-DOS tutorial by
Gordon Dodrill, Coronado Enterprises.
Moved to Applix by Tim Ward
Typed by Karen Ward
C programs converted by
Tim Ward and Mark Harvey
with assistance from Kathy Morton
for Visual Calculator
Pretty printed by Eric Lindsay
Applix 1616 microcomputer project
Applix Pty LtdIntroduction
TheC programming language was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie of Bell Laboratories,
and was designed to run on a PDP-11 with a UNIX operating system. Although it was originally
intended to run under UNIX, there was a great interest in running it on the IBM PC and compatibles,
and other systems. C is excellent for actually writing system level programs, and the
entire Applix 1616/OS operating system is written in C (except for a few assembler routines).
It is an excellent language for this environment because of the simplicity of expression, the
compactness of the code, and the wide range of applicability.
It is not a good “beginning” language because it is somewhat cryptic in nature. It allows the
programmer a wide range of operations from high level down to a very low level approaching
the level of assembly language. There seems to be no limit to the flexibility available. One
experienced C programmer made the statement, “You can program anything in C”, and the
statement is well supported by my own experience with the language. Along with the resulting
freedom however, you take on a great deal of responsibility. It is very easy…