Topic 1 - Intro to C

Question 1

C was developed at ___________.

It is a by-product of ________.

Answer 1

• Bell Laboratories

- Unix

Question 2

B was developed when?

By whom?

Answer 2

• 1970

- Ken Thompson

Question 3

B was extended into a new version that later became C. When did this happen?
By whom?

Answer 3

• 1973

- Dennis Ritche

Question 4

What does C++ have or doesn’t relative to C?

Answer 4

includes all the features of C, but adds classes and other features to support object-oriented programming

Question 5

Java is based on _____

Answer 5

C++, therefor inheriting many C features

Question 6

What is C#

Answer 6

A more recent language derived from C++ and Java

Question 7

Perl has adopted many of the features of ______.

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Is C still widely used for developing new software or has it been abandoned?

Answer 8

Still widely used.

Question 9

What approach does this course follow:
top-down
bottom-up

Answer 9

bottom-up