• leopold@lemmy.kde.social
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      B was based on BCPL, which I assume is where the name came from.

      But the actual A language would be APL, which stands for A Programming Language. It’s a few years older than B and was pretty popular, so it could’ve influenced the name.

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        A Programming Language

        Gotta admire the wherewithal of continuing down the alphabet rather than just “Another Programming Language”, through “Yet Another Programming Language” to “Dude, Where’s My Programming Language”.

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        It is hard for me to believe APL was popular. I forgot that Microsoft claimed to be making it for Motorola and Intel.