Turbo C Programming

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Turbo C Programming

• An Introduction

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Turbo C Programming text

• Turbo C Programming in 12 Easy Lessons
• Chapter 1
• Pages 3 - 9

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Chapter Overview

• What is Turbo C?
• Brief history
• Advantages over other languages
• Steps for writing and running programs

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Concept

• Its easy to remove the mystery of programming
• When you see that
• Writing a program requires familiarization
• With a simple design process

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Definition

• Program
• A list of detailed instructions that tells the
  computer what to do

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• A program is to a computer
• What a recipe is to a cook
• A list of instructions

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Advantages to writing own program

• Do exactly what you want done
• Can do tasks that are not easily available
  elsewhere

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Note

• Companies generally hire a staff of programmers
  to write their specialized programs
• Helps avoid having to change the way they do
  business
• Custom design programs to fit company needs

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Programming Process
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Definition

• Editor
• Similar to a word processor
• Software that enables the typing of the programs
• Easily type, change and save programs

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Definition

• Compiler
• Converts your program to low-level machine
  instructions
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