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C++ is just the next iteration of C.

This is somewhat clever when you know that the ‘++’ operator is the post-increment operator in C.

C# is just another layer of iteration on top of C++.

…except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here. The ‘#’ comes from musical notation, where a ‘#’ (sharp) note is played a semitone higher — and was chosen more for marketing purposes rather than scientists having an inside joke.

You could have also mentioned ‘D’, which is another “next iteration of C” independent of C++.

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fibrechips@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The # is actually two “++” stacked on top of one another

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- Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Exactly
  
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WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The C programming language also descends from the B programming language (though B’s lineage unfortunately goes to BCPL, not A)

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- Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  pretty sure there’s a D language, and i know there’s R but that’s not super related, obviously.
  
  i’m just waiting for the ø programming language
  
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  - captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    R is a wonderful programming language in the eyes of people who are bad at programming. And that’s not disparaging it, it’s just used by scientists and engineers more than programmers because nothing makes an anova take less work
    
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Auk@kbin.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here

is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.

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- Yaztromo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That feels like a significant reach — and every online reference I was able to find only talks about using ‘#’ in the musical notation sense, hence why the name of the language is pronounced “C-sharp”.
  
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is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.