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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by tromp on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:06AM (#39300237)
> D: a successor to C

As expressed in Haskell: 'D' == succ 'C'

As another example: "IBM" == map succ "HAL"

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by tome on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:46AM (#39303277)
"WNT" == map succ "VMS"
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