It is called as C* or C8 as well. There are 8 letters after C in the name and * 
is above 8 in the qwerty keyboard.

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> On 24-Jul-2014, at 1:34 pm, Mark Reddy <mark.re...@boxever.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes you are correct, Cassandra is often abbreviated as C*. With most 
> languages and applications being referenced by their acronym / abbreviation, 
> I guess you just have to pick one that is available. I assume if someone 
> creates a new language and wants to name it C*, they will see that it is 
> taken and avoid the conflict.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:50 PM, jcllings <jclli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Keep seeing refs to C*.
>> 
>> I assume that C* == Cassandra?  IMHO not a good ref to use what with C,
>> C++, C#.  A language called C* can't be far behind assuming it doesn't
>> already exist.
>> ;-)
>> 
>> Jim C.
> 

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