• @[email protected]
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    622 days ago

    a sharp symbol is ++ stacked on top of ++ So C ++ ++ becomes C#

    Phonetically, It is C sharp because it sounds cooler than C hash or C pound.

    • @Varyk
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      322 days ago

      Rad. Thanks! What do the pluses denote in a programming language? What’s the difference between c+, c++ and c sharp?

      • @[email protected]
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        1622 days ago

        ++ is the increment operator in C, which increases a value by 1. C++ was intended to be an improvement on C, and so it’s saying that C++ is C incremented. C# is C++ ++ or C++ incremented. It’s just a bunch of programmer jokes. There isn’t a C+ afaik.

        • @Varyk
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          422 days ago

          Oh, haha, got it. Thanks

        • mozz
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          22 days ago

          “We did make C better, but what you’re getting back from us isn’t the better thing.”

          🙂

      • @[email protected]
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        822 days ago

        There is no c+. The reason is that ++ means “increment by 1” in c itself (and many other languages).

        • @Varyk
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          322 days ago

          Okay, thanks