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11/30/24, 10:57 PM Difference between C and Python - GeeksforGeeks

Difference between C and Python


Last Updated : 21 Feb, 2023

Here are some of the differences between C and Python.

C Python

An object-oriented programming
An Imperative programming model is
model is basically followed by
basically followed by C.
Python.

Variables are declared in C. Python has no declaration.

Python has OOP which is a part


C doesn’t have native OOP.
of the language.

No pointers functionality is
Pointers are available in C language.
available in Python.

Python is an interpreted
C is a compiled language.
language.

There is a limited number of built-in There is a large library of built-in


functions available in C. functions in Python.

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C Python

Implementation of data structures It is easy to implement data


requires its functions to be explicitly structures in Python with built-in
implemented. insert, append functions.

Python is firstly compiled to a


C is compiled directly to machine code
byte-code and then it is
which is executed directly by the CPU
interpreted by a large C program.

Declaring of variable type in C is a There is no need to declare a


necessary condition. type of variable in Python.

C does not have complex data Python has some complex data
structures. structures.

C is statically typed. Python is dynamically typed.

Syntax of C is harder than python


because of which programmers prefer It is easy to learn, write and read
to use python instead of C Python programs than C.

C programs are saved with .c Python programs are saved by


extension. .py extension.

The assignment gives an error in


An Sale
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error in python.

In C language testing and debugging In Python, testing and debugging


is harder. are directly not harder than in C.

C is complex than Python. Python is much easier than C.

The basic if statement in c is The basic if statement in Python


represented as: is represented as:
if () if:

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C Python

The basic if-else statement in C is


represented as:
The basic if-else statement is
if ( ){
represented as:
} if :
else { else:

Python programming language is


C language is fast.
slow

C uses {} to identify a separate block Python uses indentation to


of code. identify separate blocks of code.

It is mandatory to mark the end of It is not mandatory to mark the


every statement with a semicolon in end of every statement with a
C. semicolon in Python.

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