this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

C is just a letter

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I found this interesting, was there an A?

Proceeds to go look it up while still hoping for your knowledge