Re: Etymology of "struct"
- From: "P.J. Plauger" <pjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:58:54 -0400
"Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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People seem to have different views as to where the C reserved word
"struct" comes from. One explanation is that it is a shortening of
"structure", and another is that it is an acronym for "single type
representing useful compound types".
That "single type..." sounds like a backronym.
And when you consider other UNIX/c shortenings like "usr" and, especially,
"creat", I'd go for it just being a shortening.
Of course, there's always "yacc" and "awk" (among others) to give some
support to the idea.
"struct" is short for "structure", just as "union" is short for
"union".
P.J. Plauger
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