title: What does "cdecl" stand for?
body: <p>Yes,  I know that "cdecl" is the name of a prominent calling convention, so please don't explain calling conventions to me. What I'm asking is what the abbreviation (?) "cdecl" actually stands for. I think it's a poor naming choice, because at first sight it reminds one of "C declarator" (a rather unique syntactic aspect of C). In fact, there is a program called <a href="http://www.cdecl.org/" rel="noreferrer">cdecl</a> whose sole purpose is to decipher C declarators. But the C declarator syntax has absolutely nothing to do with calling conventions as far as I can tell.</p>
  
  <p>Simplified version: "stdcall" stands for "standard calling convention". What does "cdecl" stand for?</p>