http://msmvps.com/blogs/paulomorgado/archive/2007/09/24/what-is-the-real-story-behind-the-name-of-c.aspxMy good friend Luís is doing a series of posts on C# 3.0 . Talking with him about C# made me thing about the true story behind the name of C# . James Kovacs summarizes the whole story here .enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/paulomorgado/archive/2007/09/24/what-is-the-real-story-behind-the-name-of-c.aspx#1216491Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:55:55 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1216491Paulo Morgado<p>Because it's C Charp and not C Sharp. :)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1216491" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/paulomorgado/archive/2007/09/24/what-is-the-real-story-behind-the-name-of-c.aspx#1215416Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:06:42 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1215416Nicolas Doye<p>Why didn&#39;t Sharp sue Microsoft over the name?</p> <p>I heard that they made legal overtures towards the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) when they had a new language for Axiom 2.0 (a computer algebra system) called A#. </p> <p>(The previous language was called &quot;Spad&quot; an abbreviation of the original name of Axiom, ScratchPad - back when it was an IBM project).</p> <p>In the end, A# was renamed Aldor. Like C#, part of the joke was over it being &quot;Axiom&quot; ++++.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1215416" width="1" height="1">