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> So a successor language to C was C++ (Like C, but a bit better) C++ is not a bit better than C. It's a whole lot better (for most situations, that is).
> A reworking of C++ became D Hey, this is pretty offensive! D is a clean and nice language, compared to the comparatively train-wrecky C++.
> It took some years for me to realise that Linda was named after the porn star Linda Lovelace. It was a subtle joke and allusion to Ada by the language's designers
Try and read this and then explain how this is an appropriate "subtle joke", "allusion to Ada [Lovelace]" and "best name ever for a computer language":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lovelace#Charges_against...
The page says, about C#, > C#, which is also a musical note one semitone higher than C. Which is true enough, but am I the only person to think that the original idea must surely have been to signify "(C++)++", with the two "++"es one on top of the other? (See: http://imgur.com/8On6Stn ) [EDIT: Thanks, wtetzner : apparently Anders Hejlsberg had the good taste to agree with me :-).]
No mention of TCL, pronounced "tickle"? This was the scripting language used in the ArsDigita Community System, one of the first commercially available platforms for database-backed websites.
> So a successor language to C was C++ (Like C, but a bit better) C++ is not a bit better than C. It's a whole lot better (for most situations, that is).
Of course, in C, "C++" actually means "add 1 to C, and then use the old value ". (After executing C=3; D=C++; the value of D is 3, not 4.)
What exactly is so brilliant about naming a programming language after a porn star, especially one famous subjected to sexual abuse? How on earth is it a "subtle reference" to Ada Lovelace? What do they have in common, apart from both being women? I don't understand the premise for this article.
The article calls Linda a porn star, but she became an anti-porn activist. I call sexism on the article for childishly thinking that loose association with sex makes something "best ever", and double sexism for failing to acknowledge her choice to stop.