Thread: The "MEANING" of C++

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    >Thanks Prelude for clearing that up !
    Actually, I was being pedantic. The actual joke is as you guessed. In reality, neither the original joke nor the alternative take on it are actually funny. Computer scientists have a rather perverse and whimsical sense of humor. Personally, I prefer witty gutter humor.
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    They should have just stayed with "C with classes" and made it easier :P

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    >They should have just stayed with "C with classes" and made it easier :P
    I'm of the opinion that that would just make things more confusing. Compatibility with C creates enough problems as it is; can you imagine how many questions we would get that started with "But this isn't a class and C does something different"?
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    Then I say "C with classes and exceptions and references and an helluva lot of other things"!

    C++? tsk. Really! Only a simpleton to think of that
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    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    I never said easier for whom Prelude

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    Why not call it just D as opposed to C++ or C with classes? Didn't C derrive from B? Was there a B++ / B-- / B*=1 (which would be pointless, as would the following) / B/=1, but C/=0 would be interesting. That's so bad!

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    Why not call it just D as opposed to C++ or C with classes?
    Too late for that anyway. Still, I suppose P is another option.
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    People at AT&T complained about the name "C with classes", for pretty much the same reason that people now complaing about C++/CLI.

    Seriously though, if you really want to know pretty much everything about the history of C++, get "The Design and Evolution of C++", by Bjarne Stroustrup.
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    It's called sharp because they lacked sharpness, when they thought of a name they couldn't represent with a standard keyboard.
    I know someone has said this before, but I think it's so funny....
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp

    The correct title of this article is C#. The substitution or omission of a # sign is due to technical restrictions.

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    I guess while we're at it, Uncyclopedia's C++ page is good for a laugh if you really need it:
    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Cpluspl...ote_betterthan

    And from that page:
    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Recursion

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    // use the sexually transmitted disease namespace
    // be careful when using it's methods across multiple programs
    using namespace std;

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (oh, I'm so sad)

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    lol. THat's rad.

    Quote Originally Posted by Thantos
    They should have just stayed with "C with classes" and made it easier :P
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    >>So as he say, there's a little joke implied in the name ;-)

    I would make fun of you but I'm afraid you'll eat me.
    I'm not immature, I'm refined in the opposite direction.

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    It is called “c cross cross” because it makes you twice as cross to try to learn it.

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