C is also, and was in 1970, a terrible name for a language. In fairness to K&R though, they weren't able to predict that search engines would exist and single-

C is also, and was in 1970, a terrible name for a language. In fairness to K&R though, they weren't able to predict that search engines would exist and single-letter names would be a pain in the ass. It was still a terrible name though.