What language coined the term lvalue?

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Was C the first programming language to use the term lvalue, or does it go further back? Note that I'm not talking about the general concept of "something on the left-hand side of an assignment statement" (which it has ceased to mean in C++ a long time ago). You can find that in pretty much any imperative programming language. I am specifically asking about the term lvalue. Where does it come from?

Nice question, but is actually off topic – BlackBear Oct 28 '11 at 15:03 — BlackBear, Oct 28 '11 at 15:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 12 '16 at 18:53

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The notion of lvalues and rvalues was introduced by CPL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-value

This link doesn't go directly for some reason...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(computer_science)#lrvalue

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Mad Physicist

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answered Oct 28 '11 at 15:00

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Programming_Language – Mike Christensen Oct 28 '11 at 15:01

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '11 at 15:03

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The terms are coined in computer science, the notion of lvalues and rvalues were introduced by CPL More can be found in that article.

answered Oct 28 '11 at 15:03

Ahmed Masud

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What language coined the term lvalue?

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