• Auk@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here

    # is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.

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      8 months ago

      That feels like a significant reach — and every online reference I was able to find only talks about using ‘#’ in the musical notation sense, hence why the name of the language is pronounced “C-sharp”.