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Discussion on: How programming languages got their names

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Peter Chynoweth

When I was a Computer Science undergrad in the 1970s I learned B. I had a professor who developed a language similar to B (or BCPL) for use with what were then mini computers. Because he was at a renowned Canadian university (Waterloo) he called the language Eh. I thought that was a lovely and witty name.