Quoting sena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Ken Thompson invented B in 1970. He did it for the first UNIX system, running
> on the DEC PDP-7. It was an experimental language.
>
> B was inspired on BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language), by Martin
> Richards. BCPL was a simplification of CPL (Cambridge Programming Language).
^^^^^^^^^
That should still be "Combined". CPL was jointly developed by
Cambridge and London Universities.
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