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Its named after the last names of the creators: Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan. We're lucky C isn't named K&R

• midasuni 5y ago
  Musk he been AWKward to decide the best order of the initials
  • turndown 5y ago
    It was decided that other options were WAK.
    • dexterdog 5y ago
      Kwa?
      • snypher 5y ago
        KAW, a corvid interpreter.