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C++ (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Templa@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

More like Java#

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In the early days of C#, before it was called C#, Microsoft gave it the most Microsoft name ever conceived for anything ever: Visual J++

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did not realize they were one and the same!

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

update: i just looked it up and they are not. Visual J++ is a predecessor to C#. Nevertheless, the name "Visual J++" in all its Microsoftian goodness(?) is as good a descriptor as any for what C# turned into

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

So more an iterative family member, which I suppose was more what I'd expect with how Microsoft hisorically handled programming languages. Still interesting! Thanks for the fact-check!