It mostly wasn't designed if you're talking about C. It was almost totally the result of terrible hardware and personal preference derived from BCPL which was t

It mostly wasn't designed if you're talking about C. It was almost totally the result of terrible hardware and personal preference derived from BCPL which was terrible hardware. The Vimeo link below goes from one paper & computer to another from CPL to BCPL to B to proto C's (IIRC) to C itself. Also shows interplay between C and C++ development. I'm also including my rant that summarizes the video in bullet points with some commentary. I still need to update it, though, with critiques from last time it was on HN. https://pastebin.com/UAQaWuWG https://pastebin.com/UAQaWuWG https://vimeo.com/132192250 https://vimeo.com/132192250 Now, for the other languages, who knows. I agree it's always fascinating to learn how they were done. I didn't get that feeling learning C's history. Not like when I studied Wirth's Lilith and Modula-2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_(computer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_(computer) Note: Full description is in references under "Personal Computer Lilith."