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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Quick Question |
| Date | 2015-08-27 14:28 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
>> On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 6:39:17 PM UTC+1, Ken Brody wrote:
>>>
>>> Now... Who chose the name "B" for that language?
>>>
>> I believe A was assembler. B was a higher-level, more portable language
>> and the C language was the development of the B language.
Nope.
> While I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there was once an assembler
> called "A", it wasn't a member of the C family. The first member of the
> family was BCPL (I haven't seen any claims that it was based on any
> specific earlier language); B was developed from BCPL and C from B.
BCPL was based on CPL. I *think* CPL was partly inspired by Algol.
The successor to B was briefly called "NB" (for "New B") before the name
"C" was settled on.
--
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