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Comment by rswail

16 days 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 :)

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rswail

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pjmlp  15 days ago

BCPL is short of Bootstrap CPL, given its initial purpose, the fact it took off on its own was not planned.

  • rswail  15 days ago

    Most good ideas never are.

a96  15 days ago

It's "begotten" or "begot". :)

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