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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Classic C</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="Cinderella-Book.html" title="Cinderella Book"/><link rel="next" href="clean.html" title="clean"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Classic C</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Cinderella-Book.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="clean.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Classic-C"/><dt xmlns="" id="Classic-C"><b>Classic C</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/klas´ik C/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [a play on &#8216;Coke Classic&#8217;] The C programming language as
defined in the first edition of <a href="../K/K-ampersand-R.html"><i class="glossterm">K&amp;R</i></a>, with some small additions. It
is also known as &#8216;K&amp;R C&#8217;. The name came into use while C
was being standardized by the ANSI X3J11 committee. Also &#8216;C
Classic&#8217;.</p><p>An analogous construction is sometimes applied elsewhere: thus,
&#8216;X Classic&#8217;, where X = Star Trek (referring to the original TV
series) or X = PC (referring to IBM's ISA-bus machines as opposed to the
PS/2 series). This construction is especially used of product series in
which the newer versions are considered serious losers relative to the
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