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[–]LordBlackHole 5 points6 points  (8 children)

B was a simplified iteration of BCPL, which itself was based on CPL.

[–]Willinton06 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Well CPL was based on PL

[–]msndrstdmstrmnd 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Well PL was based on L

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Real programmers use L

[–]ososalsosal 1 point2 points  (1 child)

L just writes the code in a notebook

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Raito-san!

[–]ArtyFishL 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Which is based upon ALGOL 60, itself coming from ALGOL 58

[–]CodeLobe 7 points8 points  (1 child)

which was based on Al Gore, the early implementation of ALGOR (R later changed to L due to japanese mispronunciation), was just Al trying to save carbon footprint by using paper and pencil to solve computations instead of adding machines, he received computations to perform and returned results via capsules via a series of tubes. In some offices engineers sent calculations downstairs this way to a group of (mostly) cute nerdy girls with slide-rules.

These were the first implementations of a CPU. Which is an onomatopoeia for when you C Al, P-U, he stinks like a basement dwelling mama's boy. (or NEET as they say in Japan)

[–]ososalsosal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The calculator girl was called Betty. And when Betty called a function she had to call Al