3 ms·

> Typescript for C You mean "C with Classes", later to be replaced by "C++" (Stroustrup pick this as favorite from a list of candidate names he crowdsourced) a

by jll29 4mo ago

> Typescript for C You mean "C with Classes", later to be replaced by "C++" (Stroustrup pick this as favorite from a list of candidate names he crowdsourced) as implemented by Cfront.

rswail 4mo ago
I preferred "P" because of the BCPL ancestor. If BCPL begat "B" and "B" begat "C", then "C" should have begatten "P". Not sure if begatten is a word :)
- a96 4mo ago
  It's "begotten" or "begot". :)
- pjmlp 4mo ago
  BCPL is short of Bootstrap CPL, given its initial purpose, the fact it took off on its own was not planned.
  - rswail 4mo ago
    Most good ideas never are.
pjmlp 4mo ago
Of course, although Typescript for C++ is a more modern way to put it for younger generations.