[dayglored]

> Seems like we are well past due for the release of D. What’s the hold up?

Arguments over whether it should be called "D" or "P".

Before "B" there was "BCPL" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL

The original "Hello, world!" program was written in BCPL. BCPL influenced B, which in turn influenced C.

[scrabblehack]

I heard there was an “A” language - the only thing left of it was a.out in UNIX, and a.exe in gcc.