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by wickedwillie on February 22nd, 2005

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Why is "C" called "C"?

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  • by trashcity on February 23rd, 2005

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    In 1971, Dennis Ritchie was working on an extended version of B, an operating system language invented by Ken Thompson. Says Ritchie, "After creating the type system, the associated syntax, and the compiler for the new language, I felt that it deserved a new name; NB [for New B] seemed insufficiently distinctive. I decided to follow the single-letter style and called it C, leaving open the question whether the name representeda progression through the alphabet or through the letters in BCPL."

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    http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.pdf

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