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- From: bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: where the name C++ came from
- Message-ID: <24484@alice.att.com>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 14:00:46 GMT
- Article-I.D.: alice.24484
- References: <1992Dec23.162758.10645@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <dak.725264974@messua>
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- dak@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup @ Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen) writes
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- > tostan@dumbo.lerc.nasa.gov (Stan Mohler) writes:
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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?
- >
- > Ingenious! ...
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- > Final thought: C++ does increase the value of C, but the increased value
- > is not used. Maybe ++C would have been the better choice... :)
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- See The C++ programming Language (either edition) page 4 for the details.
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