Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Well, when it was a pretty new thing, I heard that # in the name was
>> actually four + symbols, so it's C++++, ie. "C# is to C++ what C++ is
>> to C".
> 
> Given that it's pronounced "C Sharp", I expect it's because it's half a
> note higher than C. Like, on a piano keyboard.

That's the one.

C++ is C postincremented by 1 in C syntax.
C# is C incremented by one semitone in musical syntax.

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