From the name of theC language (on which it was based) and--, thedecrementoperator in both languages, coined as aninside joke, indicating that C-- is a reduced form of C.

C--

1. (computer languages) A C-likeprogramming language, designed to begenerated mainly bycompilers forhigh-levellanguages rather thanwritten byhumanprogrammers.

   Synonym:C minus minus

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