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This article will explain in detail what is the use of C language for you. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it for you as a reference. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

At first, I said directly that we can develop embedded systems, operating systems, databases, and so on. Speaking of this, we should understand that C language is close to the bottom, and many of his applications are in the background that can not be touched or seen. This is really too unfriendly for beginners to program. Everyone likes the WYSIWYG effect. Otherwise, python is so hot.

However, as a classic language in the programming rankings, I still want to talk about what I can do to learn C language.

There are data as proof.

Or use my favorite method of analogical programming, which is also one of the good ways to learn programming.

In recent decades, with the rapid development of computers, hundreds of programming languages have emerged, some of which are specifically designed for a particular field, such as:

PHP is a scripting language executed on the server side, which is similar to C language and is a commonly used website programming language.

JavaScript, a literal scripting language, is a dynamically typed, weakly typed, prototype-based language with built-in support for types. Its interpreter, called JavaScript engine, is a part of the browser and is widely used in the client scripting language. It was first used on HTML (an application under the standard general markup language) web pages to add dynamic functions to HTML web pages.

Objective-C can only be used for the development of Apple products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, MacBook, etc. Swift improves Objective-C, is a new programming language for writing iOS and OS X applications.

Visual Basic (VB for short) is a general object-based programming language developed by Microsoft. It is a structured, modular, object-oriented visual programming language with event-driven mechanisms that assist the development environment. Is a language that can be used for Microsoft's own product development.

While most programming languages are not designed for a particular domain, they can do a lot of things and are more general. However, in the long-term practice, these programming languages have also found their own place, such as:

As the representative of static object-oriented programming language, Java language perfectly implements the object-oriented theory and allows programmers to carry out complex programming in an elegant way of thinking. Java can be used for website background development, Android development, PC software development, and also has applications in big data field.

Python is a computer programming language. It is an object-oriented dynamically typed language originally designed for writing automated scripts (shell). With the continuous update of versions and the addition of new features of the language, it is more and more used for independent, large-scale project development. Mainly used in system operation and maintenance, website background development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other fields.

Go (also known as Golang) is a static strongly typed and compiled language developed by Robert Griesemer,Rob Pike and Ken Thompson of Google. The syntax of Go language is similar to that of C. Go language can not only be used for server, communication and other low-level development, but also can be used for website background development.

C language is also a universal language with a long history. At present, C language is mainly used for lower-level development.

In addition to Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix and other large operating systems, as well as embedded systems such as freertos,ucos, the kernels of operating systems are developed in C language.

Develop hardware drivers, this part is also a strong point of C language, of course, there are many C language job opportunities

Single-chip microcomputer and embedded belong to the combination of software and hardware, there are many places to use C language.

Develop system components or services to support upper-layer applications

Develop lua scripts, you can achieve seamless convergence.

The libraries used by many high-level languages, which are also written in C at the bottom, are mainly concerned with the efficiency of running.

Of course, C language can also be used in PC software development, making programs with interfaces such as QQ, Xunlei, Chrome and so on, but due to the low efficiency of C language development and less third-party libraries, there are no programmers to do this in actual projects, and we have turned to C++.

Questions from beginners

Since C language can do so many things, why are many beginners still so confused after learning C language that they can only write console programs without interface?

This is because the C language is only a tool, its standard library is also very simple, only provides the most basic functions, if you want to develop a practical program, often need to learn other aspects of knowledge. For example:

To develop a hardware driver, you need to learn the digital circuit, understand the Windows or Linux kernel, and read the hardware manufacturer's interface specification.

To engage in embedded development, you need to learn digital circuits, analog circuits, ARM, Linux, Qt, etc.

To develop PC software, you should learn Windows programming and understand GTK.

It can be said that if only the C language, basically can not find a job, the reader should choose a direction to continue to learn other knowledge. Later, you will find that C language is just the tip of the iceberg, a basic skill, and programmers still have a lot to learn.

In addition, learning the C language does not necessarily require development work related to the C language. C language is a simple, low-level, early programming language. Later, many languages are similar to C language in grammar, called "C-like language", such as Java, C++, C #, PHP, JavaScript and so on.

Moreover, the C language can let you have a deeper understanding of memory and compilation principles, understand every detail of the program, consolidate the basic skills, stand "low" in order to look far away, so good programmers will learn the C language.

This is the end of this article on "what's the use of C language". I hope the above content can be helpful to you, so that you can learn more knowledge. if you think the article is good, please share it for more people to see.

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