In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Newson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Malcolm Cadman wrote: > >... >> I seem recall that the "C" language, for example, emerged as a new >> variant computer language, as it was not "A" or "B" - which already >> existed. So it became "C". > >AFAIAA, 'C' was a development of the [typeless] language 'B' which was a >development of the language 'BCPL' (available at one time for the BBC >micro). There were a few people who suggested that the successor to 'C' >(named 'C++') should be called 'P' (the next letter of BCPL). I guess 'P' would have been an unfortunate choice then ( pee ) ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
