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Created : 14 September 2006
Edited : 14 September 2006

C++ Wiki Entry

History, the name, and more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++
An interesting article about C++.

About the name:
"Stroustrup addressed the origin of the name in the preface of later editions of his book, The C++ Programming Language, adding that "C++" might be inferred from the appendix of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Of the three segments of the fictional language Newspeak, the "C vocabulary" is the one dedicated to technical terms and jargon. "Doubleplus" is the superlative modifier for Newspeak adjectives. Thus, "C++" might hold the meaning "most extremely technical or jargonous" in Newspeak." - from the site.

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