• Varyk
    10·
    6 months ago

    Do you know why sharp is added to the end of programming languages? Like c sharp and f sharp?

    Actually, I don’t even know if it is pronounced c sharp or f sharp. I just assumed it was the same as music.

    • starman@programming.devOPEnglish
      33·
      6 months ago

      Do you know why sharp is added to the end of programming languages? Like c sharp and f sharp?

      There was (and still is) a language called C. Then C++ was invented. And then C#, maybe because # looks kinda like 4 pluses.

      There is also another programming paradigm, called functional programming. F# is a functional programming language and runs on the same platform as C# (that platform is called .NET). That’s why they named it F#.

      Actually, I don’t even know if it is pronounced c sharp or f sharp. I just assumed it was the same as music.

      Yes, it’s pronounced see sharp.

    • dank953@lemmy.world
      71·
      6 months 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
        3·
        6 months ago

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

        • lili_thana@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          16·
          6 months 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.

          • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
            1·
            6 months ago

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

            🙂

        • orivar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          8·
          6 months ago

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