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Evolution of C (programming.dev)

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[-] WbrJr@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

C ube?

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fun fact, C didn't have a lot of things like Classes and was often distributed or stored alongside various libraries so it was C Plus (as in addition to) Libraries before it was C++, and somebody decided the next iteration was C with 4 pluses, which forms a #

Source: Bjarne Stroustrup, I forget which edition of his C++ book.