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Name: andrew Date: November 16, 2003 at 16:50:36 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: 120 mb
Comment:
does anyone know if the C in C++ stands for anything? and if so.... what does it stand for ?????? Thanks.
Name: egkenny Date: November 16, 2003 at 19:43:32 Pacific
Reply:
C was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie back in 1972. It was a successor to a language called B (note the letter "C" follows after "B"). B served as a transition between BCPL and C.
If you are curious look at these links:
The Development of the C Language http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
B programming language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_programming_language
BCPL programming language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPL
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Response Number 2
Name: Rolos Date: November 16, 2003 at 20:58:14 Pacific
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Actually, the name C++ was a pun off of C. They wanted to call it "new C", "good C" and all other kinds of variations preceeding the C. A lot of people actually felt that it was insulting to C, so they named it C++ to prevent confusion and what not.
If you want more info on it, you can visit Bjarne Stroustrup's site. Everything there comes straight from the finger tips of the original implementor himself so count on every bit and morsel of information on that site reliable. Enjoy!
- Rolos
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Response Number 3
Name: Dr. Nick Date: November 16, 2003 at 21:04:49 Pacific
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Good site Rolos. The direct link to the answer in his FAQs is here.
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Response Number 4
Name: retrogamer Date: November 17, 2003 at 06:19:45 Pacific
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There's also a similar description to the one given by egkenny in the "New Hacker's Dictionary" I have no doubts that you can find this documentation on-line. It might be in the jargon file, too.
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Response Number 5
Name: andrew Date: November 20, 2003 at 05:20:38 Pacific
Reply:
ty much
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Response Number 6
Name: Bobby Date: November 24, 2003 at 11:42:42 Pacific
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I figured they named it c++ for this reason. In c++ if you use i++ it increments i by one. Well C++ is one increment from C soooo....c++.
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