How Programming Languages Got Their Names

Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by Y_Y on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:36AM (#39300042)

I'm obliged to point out that C has the same value as C++.

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by tromp on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:11AM (#39300266)

There is in fact a higher valued ++C language: https://esolangs.org/wiki/%2B%2BC

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by kevindamm on Thursday February 08, 2024 @06:39PM (#39309351)

Fitting with the whole point of C++ where the original design philosophy was to provide language features that you wouldn't have to pay for (in performance cost) if you didn't use them.

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by dllthomas on Friday February 09, 2024 @12:02PM (#39317137)

It makes C larger, but returns the same value.

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