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- From: tostan@dumbo.lerc.nasa.gov (Stan Mohler)
- Subject: where the name C++ came from
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.162758.10645@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:27:58 GMT
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- Hi-
- I had a dream last night in which I figured out a possible reason for C++
- having the name C++. Yesterday I was reading about C and C++. I skimmed
- across a few lines showing the use of operators such as ++. i++ measns to
- increment variable i. Incrementing something means to increase it, expand it
- if you will. Is it possible that "C++" simply means an "expanded C" in the
- most economical and cute way a C programmer might think of?
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