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derefr on June 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Reveals ‘Lisa’, Its $50M Gamble (1983)

Was C ever really named "C" with the quotes? Was it supposed to be a reference—were "C-style strings" a key innovation of C over BCPL or something?

msla on June 13, 2019 [–]

> Was C ever really named "C" with the quotes?

No, it wasn't, but it gets called that often enough for me to have made a joke about it.

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