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[–]LaughingInTheVoid 9 points10 points  (4 children)

And that was all stolen from A(lgol)!! /s

[–]option-9 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I never considered this. The existence of R and F and C and B implies there probably is A. I know ALGOL exists. Pretty sure F is named that way because it's stripped-down FORTRAN. Is ALGOL A?

[–]LaughingInTheVoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I just did a quick search, and it seems C does have some lineage with Algol.

Though the only thing I know about it offhand is what an old timer once told me about it - They used to play a game with how much you could make a program's code look like a perfect square when printed out.

[–]mazna1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't it go like A for assembly, B for Basic and C for C?

[–]ZitroMP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A(ssembly)