<s>
Embedded	B-Language
C	I-Language
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
language	O
extensions	O
for	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
by	O
the	O
C	B-Language
Standards	O
Committee	O
to	O
address	O
commonality	O
issues	O
that	O
exist	O
between	O
C	B-Language
extensions	O
for	O
different	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Language
C	I-Language
programming	O
typically	O
requires	O
nonstandard	O
extensions	O
to	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
enhanced	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
features	O
such	O
as	O
fixed-point	O
arithmetic	O
,	O
multiple	O
distinct	O
memory	B-General_Concept
banks	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
basic	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
operations	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C	B-Language
Standards	O
Committee	O
produced	O
a	O
Technical	O
Report	O
,	O
most	O
recently	O
revised	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
reviewed	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
common	O
standard	O
for	O
all	O
implementations	O
to	O
adhere	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
normal	O
C	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
fixed-point	O
arithmetic	O
,	O
named	O
address	O
spaces	O
and	O
basic	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
hardware	I-General_Concept
addressing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Language
C	I-Language
uses	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
syntax	O
and	O
semantics	O
of	O
standard	O
C	B-Language
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
main( )	O
function	O
,	O
variable	O
definition	O
,	O
datatype	O
declaration	O
,	O
conditional	O
statements	O
(	O
if	O
,	O
switch	O
case	O
)	O
,	O
loops	O
(	O
while	O
,	O
for	O
)	O
,	O
functions	O
,	O
arrays	O
and	O
strings	O
,	O
structures	O
and	O
union	O
,	O
bit	O
operations	O
,	O
macros	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
