C Programming

Lesson 1: Introduction to Programming

What is Programming ?

Before we begin, we should at least try to have an idea about what we wish to accomplish by following a programming course. There will be those readers who know what programming is, those who think they do, and those who need to start at the beginning, with a description of what programming is all about.

In essence, we use programming to tell a computer, in very distinct and detailed steps, how to solve a problem. They are problem solving devices; where ‘problem’ is used in the very broadest sense. Programmers exist to provide solutions to problems posed by software designers; and may also be software designers themselves.

Usually a programming langue is one that can be easily understood by the programmer, and also easy to convert into a language that the machine can actually execute. This machine code is too difficult to allow complex programs to be created easily and efficiently, so the programming language provides a bridge between humans natural language and the language of the machine.

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