In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> S-Plus is a powerful object-oriented language based on the S
> language (created at the same place that created the C language -
> ATT Bell Labs - C is for "computer" S for "statistics").
Ouch. C was called C because it came after an earlier programming
language called B. B was called B because it was a stripped down
version of a language called BCPL (which stood for something like
Basic Cambridge Programming Language).
Ruth
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