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I preferred "P" because of the BCPL ancestor.

If BCPL begat "B" and "B" begat "C", then "C" should have begatten "P".

Not sure if begatten is a word :)



BCPL is short of Bootstrap CPL, given its initial purpose, the fact it took off on its own was not planned.


Most good ideas never are.


It's "begotten" or "begot". :)




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