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From: mchinni@ARDEC.arpa
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Subject: Re:  History lesson
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Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 10:20:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 10:20:55 1987
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In a recent article George Andrew Traver <dtraver@macomw.arpa> writes (in
reference to the UNITECH Unix Magic Poster) :
>Question: Also what does the "B" stand for on the craked jar in the
>	  lower right hand corner?

   I quote from "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan & Ritchie: 
"Many of the most important ideas of C stem from the considerably older,
but still quite vital language BCPL, developed by Martin Richards. The 
influence of BCPL on C proceeded indirectly through the language B, which
was written by Ken Thompson in 1970 for the first UNIX system on the PDP-7."


	Mike Chinni <mchinni@ardec.arpa>
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