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> a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called B, was the language on which the C programming language was based. https://en.wikipedia.org
by gabrielsroka 2y ago
> a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called B, was the language on which the C programming language was based.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL
- labster 2y agoAnd then their descendant Perl took both the P and the L for its file extension .pl. Or so Larry Wall told me.