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- From: ian@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ian Joyner)
- Subject: Re: where the name C++ came from
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.014625.2766@syacus.acus.oz.au>
- Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
- References: <1992Dec23.162758.10645@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 01:46:25 GMT
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- tostan@dumbo.lerc.nasa.gov (Stan Mohler) writes:
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- >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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- I suggest you read Orwell's 1984 for a 'double plus ungood' explanation ;-)
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- Ian Joyner ACUS (Australian Centre for Unisys Software) ian@syacus.acus.oz
- "Where is the man with all the great directions?...You can't imagine it,
- how hard it is to grow, Can you imagine the order of the universe?" ABWH
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