Why C language is important?

Why is C language called the mother of all languages ?

Introduction

Many computer languages are used for writing computer applications but the computer programming language, C, is the most popular programming language. Most of us must have heard this in schools or colleges that “C language is considered as the mother of all Programming languages”. When students ask why then the professors give a very lame reply that “C language is the the most basic programming language and you will find other languages easy to learn once you understand C.” But is this the only reason why C is called the mother of all programming language or there are some other reasons as well. Let’s check it out.

Why is C middle level language? 

C is called middle-level language because it is actually bind the gap between a machine level language and high-level languages. User can use c language to do System Programming(for writing operating system) as well asApplication Programming (for generate menu driven customer billing system ). That's why it is called middle level language.

Why C language is called C not D or E?

C was the improvement over A and B language. The new language was named "C" because most of its features were derived from "B", which according to Ken Thompson was a stripped-down version of the BCPL programming language. ... From the combination word of “c”, that's why this programming language called c language.

Benefits of C language:-

1. Programs written in C language are efficient, fast and easy to understand.
2. You can easily run a C program on any computer with little change.
3. The most important benefit of C is, it gives faster execution compared to Java. And it also needs less memory for work.