Features of C Language

C is the widely used language. It provides a lot 
of features that are given below.

1. Simple
2. Machine Independent or Portable
3. Mid-level programming language
4. structured programming language
5. Rich Library
6. Memory Management
7. Fast Speed
8. Pointers
9. Recursion
10. Extensible

1) Simple

• C is a simple language in the sense of providing structured approach (to split the problem into parts), rich collection of library functions, types of data, etc.

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2) Machine Independent or Portable

• Unlike assembly language, c programs can be executed with little or no change in many machines. But this is not independent of the platform.

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3) Mid-level programming language

• C's also used for programming at low level. It is used for the development of device applications like kernel, driver etc. 
• It also supports the high level language functionality. That is why the language is classified as mid-level.

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4) Structured programming language

• C is a structured programming language in the sense that we can break the program into parts using functions. So, it is easy to understand and modify.

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5) Rich Library

• C provides a lot of inbuilt functions that makes the development fast.

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6) Memory Management

• It supports the feature of dynamic memory allocation. 
• In C language, we can free the allocated memory at any time by calling the free() function.

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7) Speed

• The compilation and execution time of C language is fast.

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8) Pointer

• C provides the feature of pointers. We can directly interact with the memory by using the pointers. 
• We can use pointers for memory, structures, functions, array etc.

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9) Recursion

• In c, we can call the function within the function. It provides code re-usability for every function.

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10) Extensible

• C language is extensible because it can easily adopt new features.