-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to andrew clarke <=-

 ac> The original C (prior to the definitive book by K&R) defined the

 PE> What on earth is "the original C" if it isn't K&R? 
It wasn't invented
 PE> until K&R!!!  ???  BFN.  Paul. -!-

Before C came B, and C did of course exist before K&R formalised it.
These early (early 1970s) versions of the language used "=+" etc.

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