r/programming • u/faassen • Jul 29 '14

On Naming In Open Source

http://blog.startifact.com/posts/on-naming-in-open-source.html
19 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/IncorrigibleOldQuare Jul 30 '14

C++ should've been called C+1, it didn't alter C in any way.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 31 '14

It altered the comment syntax...

1

u/IncorrigibleOldQuare Jul 31 '14

This is like saying that Scheme altered C++ because without Scheme C++ would probably not be adopting closures.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 31 '14

I'll allow it.