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• Quote #148 "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." -- Dennis M. Ritchie.
• Classic C /klas'ik C/ n. [a play on `Coke Classic'] The C programming language as defined in the first edition of K&
  R, with some small additions. It is also known as `K&...
• Classic C: /klas'ik C/ [a play on `Coke Classic'] n.
  The C programming language as defined in the first edition of {K&R}, with some small additions....
• Quote #147 B can be thought of as C without type
  more accurately, it is BCPL squeezed into 8K bytes of memory and filtered through Thompson's brain....
• elevator controller n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like toaster (which superseded it).
  During one period (1983-84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment....
• elevator controller: n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like {toaster} (which superseded it).
  During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment....
• asal demons n. Recognized shorthand on the Usenet group comp.
  d.c for any unexpected behavior of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct....
• New Testament: n. [C programmers] The second edition of K&R's "The C Programming Language" (Prentice-Hall, 1988
  ISBN 0-13-110362-8), describing ANSI Standard C. See {K&R}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• asal demons: n. Recognized shorthand on the USENET group comp.
  d.c for any unexpected behavior of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct....