Why C?

• C is building block for many other currently known languages.
• Learning C provides a strong procedural background with worthy skill set.
• Language constructs in C such as “if” statements,”for”,”while” loops and types of variables can found in many modern language.
• For a programmer who hasn’t learned something like C, will face difficulty in handling concepts like pointers, data types, passing values by reference.
• Knowing C takes you closer to the hardware, to better understand how things work on system.
• Many blocks of operating systems like UNIX, Linux & windows are coded in C, because no other language stands when it comes to performance.
• While learning C++ or JAVA we come across concepts like class, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, templates etc, which are very difficult to understand without being comfortable with basics.