• @AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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    47 months ago

    In the early days of C#, before it was called C#, Microsoft gave it the most Microsoft name ever conceived for anything ever: Visual J++

      • @AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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        47 months ago

        update: i just looked it up and they are not. Visual J++ is a predecessor to C#. Nevertheless, the name “Visual J++” in all its Microsoftian goodness(?) is as good a descriptor as any for what C# turned into

        • @skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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          37 months ago

          So more an iterative family member, which I suppose was more what I’d expect with how Microsoft hisorically handled programming languages. Still interesting! Thanks for the fact-check!