A Tribute to C Programming Language: History and Modern Applications

C was first developed in 1972. It is now more than four decades since C programming has been popular among coders. C is said to be the mother of all modern programming languages and it paved the evolutionary way for various other modern programming languages such as C++, Java etc. C has a plenty of unique features that make it suitable for developing various applications in modern days too. This paper presents a chronological transformation of C language and discusses the niches of application development where it is still being used. There are various Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Libraries such as OpenCv, which are being used in modern day research and application development. General Terms Computer, Hardware, Programming Languages, Software Development etc