C--

C-like programming language

Also known as C minus minus

Developer: Simon Peyton Jones
, Norman Ramsey
Founded: 1997
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1.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/c--/abstracts/pal-ifl.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-21
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Latest version: 2.0
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1.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/c--/extern/man2.pdf
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Website: cs.tufts.edu/~nr/c--
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1.github.com/nrnrnr/qc--/commit/4b6069590aee43b75cd9aff1d0f7fab4fce2e760Retrieved 2017-11-01
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C-- is a C-like programming language, designed to be generated mainly by compilers for high-level languages rather than written by human programmers. It was created by functional programming researchers Simon Peyton Jones and Norman Ramsey. Unlike many other intermediate languages, it is represented in plain ASCII text, not bytecode or another binary format.

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Influenced by: C
Designed by: Simon Peyton Jones
Norman Ramsey
Programming paradigm: imperative programming
File extension: c--
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1.github.com/nrnrnr/qc--/tree/master/test2/srcRetrieved 2018-04-24
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Typing discipline: weak typing
static typing

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