SINDHU'S BLOG

  What is a Compiler?         .  Compiler is a program that translates human-readable source code into computer-readable machine code.         .  A program written by a developer is in high-level-language which is not understandable by processor which understands only binary language(0's and 1's).         .  Process of converting high-level source code into machine understandable binary language is called compilation .         .  Compiler is a part of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which consists of text editor, compiler, debugger etc.         .  Examples of IDE's: Turbo C++ for C, Eclipse for Java etc.       Installing Turbo C++:         .  Download Turbo C++ from the internet.           .  Click on the link showing Download Turbo C++.              .  Now open the zip file, extract it and run the application.               .  Click on Next.                   .  Accept the license agreement and click on Next.            

 History of C:     .  C is a programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 in USA.     .  It was mainly developed as a system programming language to develop operating system Unix.     .  C language was evolved from ALGOL, BCPL, B.       .  First book of C programming was published as K&R C by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie in 1978.     . First standard of C was developed by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as ANSI C in 1983.     .  ISO (International Organization for Standardization) approved ANSI C in 1990.     .  Later on Standard of C is released by improving its features as C 99 in 1999.     . Current Standard of C is C 11 developed in 2011.  Features of C:     .  C is widely used in Computer technology.     .  It is inspiration for the development of other languages.     .  Following are the features of C language:     .   Simple:   C program is very simple to understand which uses English language.     .   Portable: C program

    .  Firebird SQL is an Open source RDBMS.     .  Runs on Windows, Linux, MacOs and Unix.     .  Uses SQL for working with Firebird SQL.    Downloading Firebird:           .  Firebird is open source database, we can download from internet.                   .  Select Operating System and download installer.   Installing Firebird:         . Run the executable file.         .  Accept the license and click on Next.               .  Give the password to use the database, click on Next.   Using Firebird:               .  Open Firebird ISQL Tool.            Creating database:                   .   Syntax: CREATE DATABASE 'database_path';                       .  Connect to the database by using the following syntax:                       .  CONNECT 'database_path' user 'SYSDBA' password '___';                            Creating table:                   .   Syntax: CREATE TABLE table_name(col1

    .  PostgreSQL is a Object-Relational Database Management System (ORDBMS) developed in the year 1996.     .  It can handle data ranging from a single machine applications to internet based applications.     .  Available in Windows, Linux, MacOS, Unix, Solaris etc.     .  Many companies like Apple, Red Hat, Cisco etc uses this database.   Downloading PostgreSQL:       .  PostgreSQL database is free. We can download from postgresql website.       .  Select the Operating System.               .  Download the Installer.       .  Now choose the version of the database and also the OS version. Click on download.   Installing PostgreSQL:       .  Run the setup file. Click on Next.       .  Give the Password to connect to the database.   Using GUI tool to connect PostgreSQL:       .  We can connect to the database and perform operations like storing, retrieving data either from command prompt or from pgA