It’s the successor to B, which was derived from BCPL (“Basic Combined Programming Language”)
Incidentally, C++ is a reference to how integer values are iterated in C. And then C# is a pithy take on C++ wherein you’ve stacked two rows of plus signs on top of each other.
There’s often some rhyme or reason to these names.
It’s the successor to B, which was derived from BCPL (“Basic Combined Programming Language”)
Incidentally, C++ is a reference to how integer values are iterated in C. And then C# is a pithy take on C++ wherein you’ve stacked two rows of plus signs on top of each other.
There’s often some rhyme or reason to these names.
I found this interesting, was there an A?
Proceeds to go look it up while still hoping for your knowledge