"Nobody programs in machine language" (was: Modern

From: Antonio Carlini <a.carlini_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Sat Jun 26 17:26:32 2004

> >It will be D (or D++, I forget the exact name).
>
> IIRC Dennis Ritchie's HOPL II paper on C indicates that the D vs.
> P question was left intentionally ambiguous.
>
> Ok, I just looked it up:
>
> "I decided to follow the single-letter style and called it C, leaving
> open the question whether the name represented a progression through
> the alphabet or through the letters in BCPL."

I just looked it up too and failed to find it. Interesting
to re-read it nevertheless. I have seen that somewhere
before, but it's not what I was referring to.
This is:

  http://www.digitalmars.com/d/index.html

Antonio

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