Why is c called c not d or e?



Why is c called c not d or e?..

Answer / Harminder Kaur

C was named after the K&R (Kernighan and Ritchie) programming book, which covered an early version of C. The authors chose the name 'C' to reflect that it was a small, portable successor to B, an implementation of the BCPL language.

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