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Line 86: ---- The page says the language B got its name from BCPL. But [[http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?B\| Wombat]]'s encyclopedia says this is wrong. It says "B had nothing to do with BCPL. B was in fact a revision of an earlier language, '''bon''', named after Ken Thompson's wife, Bonnie."<br/> [[User:Jay\|Jay]] 22:44 5 Jul 2003 (UTC) Line 101: [[User:Jay\|Jay]] 11:42, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC) :Jay,see http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html. I think the language there implies that C descended from BCPL, not bon. (At the end of the History: the setting section).▼ ~~Jay,~~ ▲see http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html. I think the language there implies that C descended from BCPL, not bon. (At the end of the History: the setting section). ::The line is not conclusive enough. Ritchie says "most probably", and also does not claim that the ''Bon'' theory is wrong. Moroever, the creator of "B" is Ken Thompson and the Bon theory is taken from a paper/book (Thompson 69) written by him (this is mentioned in the same line). [[User:Jay\|Jay]] 18:35, Aug 20, 2003 (UTC)

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