On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:44:50PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > 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. > > Just about the whole Murray Hill gang stopped by Cray > (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. > > 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. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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