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C++ should be called ++C (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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According to syntax postfix increment returns copy of unmodified variable (C++ == C), while prefix increment returns incremented variable (++C == C + 1).

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

First there was C

Then C+, and no one gave a shit, so they made C++

It's just C with stuff added to it twice.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

double-plus-good

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Then what about C++++, aka C#.