ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter some elements of MATLAB were discussed. As an alternative to MATLAB, we now deal with fundamentals of C programming. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a combined source of computer programming for reference in later chapters. C is a general-purpose, block structured computer programming language. Although it was first developed in 1972 as a system programming language for writing compilers and operating systems, it has been used equally well to write major programs in many different domains including numerical computation. C has been around for several decades and has won widespread acceptance because it gives programmers maximum control and efficiency [1 - 4].
