Ch (computer programming)

Website: www.softintegration.com

Ch is a proprietary cross-platform C and C++ interpreter and scripting language environment.

It was originally designed by Harry H.

Cheng as a scripting language for beginners to learn mathematics, computing, numerical analysis (numeric methods), and programming in C/C++.

Ch is now developed and marketed by SoftIntegration, Inc., with multiple versions available, including a freely available student edition and Ch Professional Edition for Raspberry Pi is free for non-commercial use.

Ch can be embedded in C/C++ application programs.

It has numerical computing and graphical plotting features.

Ch is a combined shell and IDE.

Ch shell combines the features of common shell and C language.

ChIDE provides quick code navigation and symbolic debugging.

It is based on embedded Ch, Scite, and Scintilla.Ch is written in C and runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, Solaris, QNX, and HP-UX.

It supports C90 and major C99 features, but it does not support the full set of C++ features.

C99 complex number, IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic, and variable-length array features were supported in Ch before they became part of the C99 standard.

An article published by Computer Reseller News (CRN) named Ch as notable among C-based virtual machines for its functionality and the availability of third-party libraries.Ch has many tool kits that extend its functions.

For example, the Ch Mechanism Toolkit is used for design and analysis of commonly used mechanisms such as four-bar linkage, five-bar linkage, six-bar linkage, crank-slider mechanism, and cam-follower system.

Ch Control System Toolkit is used for modeling, the design, and analysis of continuous-time or discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) control systems.

Both tool kits include the source code.

Ch is now used and integrated into the curriculum by many high schools and universities to teach computing and programming in C/C++.

Ch has been integrated into free C-STEM Studio, a platform for learning computing, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (C-STEM) with robotics.

C-STEM Studio is developed by the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM).

It offers a curriculum for K-12 students.

Ch supports LEGO Mindstorms NXT and EV3, Arduino, Linkbot, Finch Robot, RoboTalk and Raspberry Pi, Pi Zero, and ARM for robot programming and learning.

It can also be embedded into the LabVIEW system design platform and development environment.