{"id":3181,"date":"2021-06-07T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manorinfinity.com\/blog\/10-interesting-facts-about-c-language-bitsofcs\/"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T10:49:00","slug":"10-interesting-facts-about-c-language-bitsofcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manorinfinity.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/07\/10-interesting-facts-about-c-language-bitsofcs\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Interesting Facts About C Language | BitsOfCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">1. What is C programming?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> When was the C language invented?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> When was the C language created?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> When the C programming language was developed?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Where the C programming language was developed?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C_(programming_language)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> is a programming language that is used for <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General-purpose_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">general purpose<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. It is a <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Procedural_programming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">procedural<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, imperative and case sensitive programming language. It was developed in 1972 by <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dennis_Ritchie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis Ritchie<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> at <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_Labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AT&amp;T<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Bell laboratories in order to develop the <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNIX<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> operating system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">2. Who invented the C language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Who developed the C Programming language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Who is the father of C programming?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">C language developed by the American computer Scientist <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dennis M. Ritchie<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. His colleagues called him &#8216;dmr&#8217;. He was awarded by the <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turing_Award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turing Award<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> in 1983 &#8216;for their development of generic OS theory and for the implementation of the UNIX OS&#8217;. Hence Dennis Ritchie is the father of C language.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">3. Is C is a high level language or why?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Why C language is called high level language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Yes, C programming language is a <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">high level&nbsp; language<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/computersciencewiki.org\/index.php\/Higher_level_and_lower_level_languages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High level language<\/a> (HLL) are programmer friendly languages. High level languages are machine independent programming languages.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">In simple words, if you write a C program in one machine, that will definitely produce same output on a different machine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">4. Is C language is compiled or interpreted?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In which language C compiler is written?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">No, C language doesn&#8217;t use <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">interpreter<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. It uses <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">compiler<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> to implement the program. C compiler scans the whole code and translate it into machine code(low level code) in different levels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">First C compiler was written in &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B_(programming_language)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8216; language. B language was the ancestor language of C language.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">5. How does the C programming language work?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> How does a C program runs?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> How does a C program executes?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin: 0pt 11pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 148px; overflow: hidden; width: 602px;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/2f4ghfXx_UmMlpzg22-NfJawdd04vpU3mYJdVX4xaKhH2l164KIyq5J25h2tHYJ4rLx8sDgSOgIB2_0DL24R13SqNQ7h5FUOp-p_endR6ZowyyhDi1do8Z4MJOSS-BcYLFC_juDK\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"602\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Above image shows the compilation process of a C program.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">For example- Every file that contains C program must be saved with &#8216;.c&#8217; extension. That&#8217;s how the compiler understand that is the C program file. We write a C program named &#8216;manu.c&#8217; that known as the source file, containing the C program. Then C compiler take this source file as input and produce an object file named &#8216;manu.obj&#8217; as output(if there is no error in the source file manu.c). Then, <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">linker<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> take this &#8216;manu.obj&#8217; file as input and link the library functions to the C program and produces &#8216;manu.exe&#8217; executable file as output. Now, in order to execute this &#8216;manu.exe&#8217; file, <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">loader<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> comes into the picture. The loader will load the program into <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">RAM<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and inform the CPU what is the starting address of the program.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">6. What is the structure of the C program?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What are C programming basics?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">A &#8216;C program&#8217; basically contains the following parts-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Preprocessor commands<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Functions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Variables<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Statements<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">In order to understand the structure of the C program, let&#8217;s take the simplest example that prints my name on the screen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Now, we are going to understand this &#8216;manu.c&#8217; program line by line-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;The first line of our program <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">#include&lt;stdio.h&gt; <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">is a preprocessor command, that tells the compiler to include the &#8216;stdio.h&#8217; header file before the compilation of the program. Generally that header file having the definition&nbsp; of the predefined functions that we are using in our program.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;In the second line, we have <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">int main()<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> that is known as main() function. From here the execution of the program starts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;The third line will be neglected by the C compiler, because of <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\/*&#8230;..*\/<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> . These lines are called comments. We use \/*&#8230;..*\/ to add a comment in our program. Comments help in documentation and tell about the particular statement of the program.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;In the fourth line, we have <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">print(&#8220;Manu&#8221;);<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> (pre-defined function) that prints my name on the screen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;The fifth line <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">return 0; <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">terminates the main() function and return the value 0.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">7. Is C language dead?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Is C language still used?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Is C a dead programming language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">C language is a relatively small language that makes it easy to implement C compiler. Also understanding this language is easy compared to other programming languages. That&#8217;s why lot of students understand this language as the first programming language. C programming language is still used for system programming, desktop applications, embedded hardware programming etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">8. Where C language is used?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Who uses the C language?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Where C programming is used?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Why C programming is used?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">C programming language used to develop the operating system for desktop as well as smart phones. Some of the operating system like Microsoft <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Windows<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, Apple&#8217;s OS <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">X(Now MacOS)<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Symbian<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> are developed in C programming language. Also it is used in compiler development. <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Linux<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> kernel is written in C programming language.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">9. What are the applications of the C language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> What is the use of C language in real life?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> Where is the C language is used nowadays?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">Here is the list of applications of the C programming language-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;UNIX is the first operating system that developed in C language.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Also Microsoft Windows, Symbian and other smart phone&#8217;s operating system was scripted in C language.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Web browser &#8216;Google Chromium&#8217; developed in C language.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;Database software, <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">MySQL<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">(popular database software) written in C.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;Widely used in <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">embedded systems<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;For system software and desktop application.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Used in compiler production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">10. How to learn C programming language?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> How to learn C language?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> What is the best C programming book?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\">There are two ways to learn C language-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;You can read this book &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ascslab.org\/courses\/ek132\/reading\/C-book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The C Programming Language<\/a> (Second Edition<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;You can watch these NPTEL lectures &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJ5C_6qdAvBG6v-afxpegn8VdILsS3x8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to programming in C<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJ5C_6qdAvBFzL9su5J-FX8x80BMhkPy1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Problem solving through programming in C<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Resources<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ascslab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASCS<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ascslab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Lab<\/a> | <\/span><span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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