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> and calling it C++ We used to call it C+. It was code that could not be compiled by a C compiler. But at the same time was painfully obvious that it was not

• pzh 10y ago
  I think there is this misconception that there is a 'proper C++'. C++ was designed to support various programming styles, including this 'transitional' style where you have a C codebase that you slowly convert to a more object-oriented style, but overall it still remains an ugly mix of the two. What makes C++ proper is pretty much what code style and best practices your organization/project decides to adopt. For some projects, 'proper' may be object-oriented C++ with class hierarchies, whereas for others it may be a more functional or template-based style that doesn't even use classes a lot.
• astrodust 10y ago
  As C++ features started to creep back into C you'd see a lot more of this. The // comment identifier is perhaps the most famous of these.
  • pjmlp 10y ago
    const came first.
    • astrodust 10y ago
      Nobody in the C world really cares about const, it's extremely rare to see it in the wild. The // comments, though, are ubiquitous.
      • pjmlp 10y ago
        Yet another proof why C software is so safe, when comments are more important than correctness.
        • astrodust 10y ago
          The const keyword has nothing to do with correctness and everything to do with helping the compiler understand which values are immutable and can be optimized.