BLISS

BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known system language until C debuted a few years later. Since then, C became popular and common, and BLISS faded into obscurity. When C was in its infancy, a few projects within Bell Labs debated the merits of BLISS vs. C. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1970
Designed by: William Wulf
Developed by: Carnegie Mellon University

Wikidata: Q2877155

Influenced by: ALGOL

Programming paradigms: imperative programmingprocedural programmingstructured programming

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Latest data update: 2025-10-02