Ranter
Join devRant
Do all the things like
++ or -- rants, post your own rants, comment on others' rants and build your customized dev avatar
Sign Up
Pipeless API
From the creators of devRant, Pipeless lets you power real-time personalized recommendations and activity feeds using a simple API
Learn More
Comments
-
I'm still bitter they didn't keep the code name for C#: Cool. It was short for C-like Object Oriented Language
-
Well..ur friend must not be seeing sharp.
I apologise for this stale pun. I'll leave devrant tmrrow. -
devios157707y@JonStodle Well it's better than JOOL, which would have been more accurate. 😉
Tbh I think C# is a clever name. And the hashtag (I mean sharp sign) even kinda looks like two ++'s on top of each other so it's kinda like C++++. -
I used to call it C hash and still somehow managed to write an android game in it in unity3d 😂
-
@devios1 one of the two stories I've heard about the hash says that's the inspiration. As C++ was a step up from C, C# is a step up from C++, hence 4 pluses.
The other story is that they chose # because it's used to denote a musical note that is a step higher on the musical scale.
The last one feels most likely as # is called 'sharp' in musical notation.
Related Rants
An acquaintance (also a CS student) just called C#, c hashtag ಠ_ಠ
undefined
c#