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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (9 children)

C++ is just the next iteration of C. C# is just another layer of iteration on top of C++. Flags are simple indicators for programs, usually set by a controlling human/system, semaphores are flags that communicate between processes.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (8 children)

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++.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 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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