++ is the increment operator in C, which increases a value by 1. C++ was intended to be an improvement on C, and so it’s saying that C++ is C incremented. C# is C++ ++ or C++ incremented. It’s just a bunch of programmer jokes. There isn’t a C+ afaik.
a sharp symbol is ++ stacked on top of ++ So C ++ ++ becomes C#
Phonetically, It is C sharp because it sounds cooler than C hash or C pound.
It’s funny that in spanish only the “c” is translated.
We say “ce sharp”
Same in French
Same in Brazilian Portuguese
Rad. Thanks! What do the pluses denote in a programming language? What’s the difference between c+, c++ and c sharp?
There is no c+. The reason is that ++ means “increment by 1” in c itself (and many other languages).
Okay, thanks
++ is the increment operator in C, which increases a value by 1. C++ was intended to be an improvement on C, and so it’s saying that C++ is C incremented. C# is C++ ++ or C++ incremented. It’s just a bunch of programmer jokes. There isn’t a C+ afaik.
Oh, haha, got it. Thanks
“We did make C better, but what you’re getting back from us isn’t the better thing.”
🙂
Also because in music, C# is a half-note higher than C.