: Most modern languages—including Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript—borrow their syntax and structure from C. Master C, and you can pick up almost any other language in a fraction of the time. The Anatomy of a C Program
: High-level languages hide a lot of logic behind the scenes. In C, if you want something to happen, you have to code it. This "what you code is what you get" philosophy removes the mystery of how software actually functions. An Introduction to Programming through C
: Comments at the top explaining what the program does. : Most modern languages—including Java, C++, Python, and
: Where you define variables that can be used anywhere in the code. : Most modern languages—including Java