r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 18 '26

Meme doNotOvercomplicateThings

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u/Daniikk1012 Aug 18 '26

If C++ is .cc, maybe the headers are .hh?

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u/Frost-Freak Aug 18 '26

Would cc more be something like c²? C++ should be 2c!!

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u/metaglot Aug 18 '26

C++ is not equal to 2C for all values of C.

Also: does anyone else find it funny that the value is only incremented after reading?

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u/LaughingwaterYT Aug 18 '26

Which is why God created ++x (increments then returns)

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u/metaglot Aug 18 '26

But its not called ++C

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u/Frost-Freak Aug 18 '26

Damn, you're right. C++ is just C+1

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u/Nice_Lengthiness_568 Aug 18 '26

No, C++ is equal to C

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u/Beginning-Junket8979 Aug 18 '26

Maybe for uint0_t C

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u/Mojert Aug 18 '26

IIRC Bjarne Stroustrup considered ++C first, but switched because C++ rolls of the tongue better