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  2. From: arisco@tradewave.com (John Arisco)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Stupid Question - Why is C named 'C'?
  5. Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:42:29 GMT
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  12. Matt Young <youngm@interramp.com> wrote:
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  14. >Well, then why isn't C++ named D?
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  16. Funny you should ask.  On page 4 of the Second Edition of  "The C++
  17. Programming Language", Stroustrup writes:
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  19. "The language is not called D, because it is an extension of C
  20. and does not attempt to remedy problems by removing features."
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