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Well, ++ is "increment" in C/C++. The glyphs themselves can be described "plus plus", but everybody calls it increment, because of what it does. Also "->" the a
by anon4 11y ago
Well, ++ is "increment" in C/C++. The glyphs themselves can be described "plus plus", but everybody calls it increment, because of what it does. Also "->" the arrow operator. Everyone calls it arrow, rather than "minus greater than". It makes sense to call the glyph or collection of glyphs by what they do, rather than spelling them out.
- david-given 11y agoActually, everyone I know calls it 'plus plus'. I'm with you with 'arrow', though.
- akavel 11y agoArrow's still rather on the 'plus plus' side of things anyway - maybe not 'minus greater than', but generally describes the look of it. If one would call ++ 'increment', one should call -> 'field' or something similar, I suppose.