Patrick Juola wrote:
>> In article <351F0121.40D9 at interaccess.com> joda at interaccess.com writes:
> >Jerry Avins wrote:
> >>
> >> Phil Roberts, Jr. wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Riddle (#2): Why is FORTH called FORTH?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Phil Roberts, Jr.
> >> >
> >> > Feelings of Worthlessness and So-Called Cognitive Science
> >> > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5476> >>
> >> C is called C because it was intended to B, code that ran on the machine
> >> used for development. Forth is called that because it came after
> >> something like Third, and Moore's system couldn't take 6-character
> >> names. If I'm so smart, how come I don't know why they named me
> >> Jeremiah?
> >>
> >
> >C was the sequel to B. There was ambiguity as to whether C's successor
> >should be D, or another specific letter (Which letter, and why?).
> >Because of that ambiguity, the successor was named C++, which signifies
> >that successor, whichever it is :).
>> Well, sort of.
>> (The letter was, if I recall properly, P).
>> C++, however, wasn't supposed to be a successor to C -- it was just
> a little hack job put atop C. The name is actually a geek-pun of classic
> form, as C++ actually compiled to C, one could argue that the CC compiler
> simply "incremented C and returns the old value".
Hack job is right. It added tons of crap, most of which could have
been handled by standard C structures. And worse, it didn't fix a
lot of things that really needed fixing. Has anyone here found C++
to be the godsend it was advertised to be?
--
Phil Roberts, Jr.
Feelings of Worthlessness and So-Called Cognitive Science
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5476
