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“minimum software requirements to program in C is a text editor, as opposed to a word processor. A plain text Notepad Editor can be used but it does not offer any advanced capabilities such as code completion or debugging.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“debugger, a tool that will preserve your C source code after compilation and enable you to do such things as step through it manually, or alter data as an aid to finding and correcting programming errors.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“Assembly, while extremely powerful, is simply too difficult to program large applications and hard to read or interpret in a logical way. C is a compiled language, which creates fast and efficient executable files. It is also a small "what you see is all you get" language:”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“int main(void) is something you'll find in every C program. Every program has a main function. Generally, the main function is where a program begins. However, one C program can be scattered across multiple files, so you won't always find a main function in every file.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“Notepad++ for Windows, Sublime Text, Vim and Emacs are also available cross-platform. These text editors come with syntax highlighting and line numbers, which makes code easier to read at a glance,”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“int at the beginning means that main will return an integer to the operating system”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“First, it is a pure functional programming language. If you have a function and you call it twice in two different places with the same arguments then it will return exactly the same value both times.”
― Wiki Books, Haskell

“return 0; will return zero (which is the integer referred to on line 3) to the operating system. When a program runs successfully its return value is zero”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“a C compiler. A compiler is a program that converts C code into executable machine code.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“many programmers prefer and recommend using an Integrated development environment (IDE) instead of a text editor.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“Unlike most computer languages, C allows the programmer to write directly to memory. Key constructs in C such as structs, pointers and arrays are designed to structure, and manipulate memory in an efficient, machine-independent fashion.”
― Wiki Books, C Programming

“#include tells the C compiler to find the standard header called and add it to this program. In C, you often have to pull in extra optional components when you need them. contains descriptions of standard input/output functions”
― Wiki Books, C Programming