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.
Sent from my iPhone > 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. >