Post 3252322 by jk@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #3252320 by jk@mastodon.social
       2017-03-31T09:47:46Z
       
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       Is it true that the C programming language stands for "Computer"
       
 (DIR) Post #3252321 by aeveltstra@greenpencil.social
       2019-01-22T13:53:22Z
       
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       @jk Unlikely. It's suggested by Wikipedia authors that the name is the result of enumerating over the alphabet, with C following up on B, which was created earlier by Ken Thompson. B's name may have been a contraction of BCPL, upon which it is based.
       
 (DIR) Post #3252322 by jk@mastodon.social
       2019-01-22T13:53:51Z
       
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       @aeveltstra is it true that the C programming language stands for  Code