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- From: floydb1@lib104.its.rpi.edu (Barry B Floyd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Stupid Question - Why is C named 'C'?
- Date: 17 Apr 1996 12:22:46 -0400
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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- In article <1996Apr16.122212@ubmail>, telliott@ubmail (TODD ELLIOTT) writes:
- |> I know it sounds like a stupid question, but why is C named 'C' in the first
- |> place? I can understand BASIC, Pascal, Fortran, or COBOL, but 'C'?
- |>
- |> If it was a product of demented minds of some technicians at Bell Labs, that
- |> explains a lot. ;)
- |> <- .sig begins here ->
- |> Todd Elliott - telliott@ubmail.ubalt.edu
- |> University of Baltimore School of Law
- |> C128D Nirvana Enthusiast!
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- Apparently it was only an "average" product of demented minds. Though
- some would argue it should be "D" or "B", depending on how many memory
- leaks you have at the moment.
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