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0 pointsrswail4d ago0 comments

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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pjmlp3d ago· 1 in thread

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

rswailOP3d ago

Most good ideas never are.

a963d ago

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

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