A quick search of “c++” on HN shows many C++ related posts explicitly mention the language. I would assume many other language specific posts also name the lang

A quick search of “c++” on HN shows many C++ related posts explicitly mention the language. I would assume many other language specific posts also name the language they’re using to save uninterested parties a click. There’s really nothing particularly interesting about this: it’s a fairly natural pattern in a multilingual community like HN.