[Gllug] Website developement

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On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, David Freeman said:
> Was C based on B or BCPL? and wasn't that in turn based on a language
> beginining with A (ada pos?)

*boggle* not quite. C was based on BC, which was based on B (both by
Kernighan), which was based on BCPL, which was based on CPL (the C stood
for either `Combined', `Cambridge', or `Christopher', depending on
whether you listen to the bureaucrats or not.)

See <http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html>.

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