• @[email protected]
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      107 months ago

      Do you know why sharp is added to the end of programming languages? Like c sharp and f sharp?

      Actually, I don’t even know if it is pronounced c sharp or f sharp. I just assumed it was the same as music.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        337 months ago

        Do you know why sharp is added to the end of programming languages? Like c sharp and f sharp?

        There was (and still is) a language called C. Then C++ was invented. And then C#, maybe because # looks kinda like 4 pluses.

        There is also another programming paradigm, called functional programming. F# is a functional programming language and runs on the same platform as C# (that platform is called .NET). That’s why they named it F#.

        Actually, I don’t even know if it is pronounced c sharp or f sharp. I just assumed it was the same as music.

        Yes, it’s pronounced see sharp.

      • @dank953
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        67 months ago

        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.

        • @Hawke
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          157 months ago

          Also because in music, C# is a half-note higher than C.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 months ago

          Rad. Thanks! What do the pluses denote in a programming language? What’s the difference between c+, c++ and c sharp?

          • @[email protected]
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            167 months ago

            ++ 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.

          • @[email protected]
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            87 months ago

            There is no c+. The reason is that ++ means “increment by 1” in c itself (and many other languages).

        • @hawgietonight
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          17 months ago

          It’s funny that in spanish only the “c” is translated.

          We say “ce sharp