Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:41:41 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: History of C (Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot?) Message-ID: <20101114214141.GD50560@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> References: <201011132032.oADKW4FG025920@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101113220559.GE45921@guilt.hydra> <4cdfa533.KmbS7pHvQ3h%2BK92G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org>
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--LKTjZJSUETSlgu2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:44:50PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > I'd vote for "E" since that might have more positive > connotations that "D". :-) Skip "F" altogether. That might be a good point. Google has taught me that single-letter names for programming languages (or anything else, apparently) are not so good for the Internet age, however. >=20 > Just about the whole Murray Hill gang stopped by Cray=20 > (in Chippewa Falls), late 80's, and I remember asking Dennis > what the deal was with "C++"; I remember him dodging the > thing. Whoever-invented-C++ did a convoluted job, i s my > opinion. It might be nice to add classes to C, but that's > about it. Perhaps ironically, some called C++ "C With Classes" early on, as I recall. Meanwhile, Objective-C ended up being what C++ initially claimed it would be (a strict superset of C that provided facilities for OOP), while C++ failed to live up to its own promises while expanding into all kinds of things that were not actually desired in those early days (like a politician once elected to office). This is, of course, largely the perspective of an outsider, so take it for what it's worth. >=20 > TWo questions: didn't IBM create CPL? And doesn't BCPL > Stand for "British Computer Programming Language"? (I did have > both editions of the C book by Brian and DEnnis; then loaned the > 2nd edition and never got ti back.) I think Dennis gives credit > to BCPL Somewhere. Pretty sure those guys are all retired to > somewhere *warm and sunny* by now! The second edition is still in stores all over the place. It's the first edition that would be difficult to find these days, I think. My father tells me he has a copy, though I've never seen it; I only have the second edition. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --LKTjZJSUETSlgu2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzgV5UACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWBtwCg+e4NR+54b+CNYqIa9bniv8qD K9IAoIr0K3XzAzSTpgwm7gLwpjTCU6Pr =EKrD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LKTjZJSUETSlgu2t--
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