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C--

name

Etymology

From the name of the C language (on which it was based) and --, the decrement operator in both languages, coined as an inside joke, indicating that C-- is a reduced form of C.

Definitions

  1. A C-like programming language, designed to be generated mainly by compilers for…

    A C-like programming language, designed to be generated mainly by compilers for high-level languages rather than written by human programmers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for C--. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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