8 May
2025
8 May
'25
2:22 p.m.
Thanks, Noel. I should have pointed to that paper also. I have always
considered the demarcation point when structures were added, but I darned
if I knew at what date or time Dennis chose to rename it. Clearly, one day
(night, more likely), he realized it nb was really not B anymore and needed
a new name.
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On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: Clem
Cole
The first "C" compiler wa an ephemeral
state some time in the process
of its evolution. Dennis started with his B implementation and began
to
add features he needed
See:
The Development of the C Language
https://www.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/dennis-m-ritchie/chist.html
for detail on the evolution.
Noel