What kind of problems is c best at solving?

[nib]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

 

[Malcolm]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Any computer program is best if it solves a well-defined problem, and is
short enough for a single person to understand it at once.

C should be your langauge of choice if it is important that the program be
understood by a large number of people (simply because C is so widely
understood). It is also the language to choose if execution speed is
extremely important, because C compilers are very efficient.

If execution speed is paramount you should use assembly language, if it is
important that the language be easy to implement (ie build an
interpreter/compiler for) you should use BASIC, if the project is very
complex then arguably you should use C++, if the problem is non-numerical in
nature SNOBOL, for pattern matching, or COBOL, for business programming, are
good choices.

C is a very general-purpose language that should be the default if nothing
else is indicated.

 

[Richard Heathfield]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

The kind that have solutions.

 

[Kevin D. Quitt]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Those that can be solved by a computer.

 

[osmium]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used with some
degree of success.

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html

 

[Peter Pichler]

[Sorry I'm using Malcolm's post as I can't see the OP's post yet]

Anything that can be described by an algorithm. Preferably a procedural
algorithm, though it's not uncommon to use C in typically OO or other
non-procedural context.

Peter

 

[Nudge]

Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used
with some degree of success.

How is that relevant to his question?

 

[Peter Pichler]

If C is best at solving anything that can be described by an algorithm then
it is the best language there is.

Of course it is! After my native language, that is ;-)

A highly dubious assertion.

Why? ;-)

 

[Richard Heathfield]

Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used with some
degree of success.

Methinks you forgot which newsgroup you're in.

<snip!>

 

[osmium]

Anything that can be described by an algorithm. Preferably a procedural
algorithm, though it's not uncommon to use C in typically OO or other
non-procedural context.

If C is best at solving anything that can be described by an algorithm then
it is the best language there is. A highly dubious assertion.

 

[Tak-Shing Chan]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

C is a programming language, not a general problem solver.

Tak-Shing

 

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

What kind of problems is c best at solving?

I've heard it can solve the halting problem.

 

[Richard Heathfield]

I've heard it can solve the halting problem.

Oh, stop that!