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by baranul 346 days ago
Well, what often happens with different languages having the same name, is they battle it out in popularity. The winner is known by that name and the loser is forced to change their name to something else.

As it is, people know C3 and pretty much forgot or never heard of C2, even though it's still in active development. C3, if people don't know any better, gives the impression of being the successor language. I guess this is all a setup for somebody to come out with C4 as a language name.