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C++ (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

More like Java#

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In the early days of C#, before it was called C#, Microsoft gave it the most Microsoft name ever conceived for anything ever: Visual J++

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I did not realize they were one and the same!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

update: i just looked it up and they are not. Visual J++ is a predecessor to C#. Nevertheless, the name "Visual J++" in all its Microsoftian goodness(?) is as good a descriptor as any for what C# turned into

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

So more an iterative family member, which I suppose was more what I'd expect with how Microsoft hisorically handled programming languages. Still interesting! Thanks for the fact-check!