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C++ should be called ++C (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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According to syntax postfix increment returns copy of unmodified variable (C++ == C), while prefix increment returns incremented variable (++C == C + 1).

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We read numbers big->small. YYYY>MM>DD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But when you wanna figure out what day it is, usually the month doesn't change. I love ISO 8601 as much for programming and sorting as much as the next person, but for close dates for humans, DMY is still pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

As a human ISO8601 is great. Ambiguity is far far worse, than having to read out a date aloud in an order any other than the order it is habitually spoken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No it’s not. Only care about the date in month? Just say the date. Do you care about the month too? Month Day is your answer. Do you care about the full date? Add on the year

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Saying it out loud and using a worded date in this order is what I mean. English simply does not support "Twenty Twenty-four September Twenty" or "2024 September 20".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry for the late response. Written and spoken order can be different (ie. $2 is pronounced two dollars and not dollar two)

2024-09-20 can be wordy:

In the year of 2024, in the 9th month, on the 20th day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, $2 can also be transliterated, whereupon it becomes "two dollars"; 2024-09-20 can also be transliterated, wherein there are two major competing orders: DMY and MDY. And I agree that other major orders are too wordy, and that's sort of my point.