Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> 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.

Yes.  Java decided to diss C/C++ by dropping any mention to it in the name, but
Microsoft in their infinite marketing wisdom felt they should instead try to
get to the hearts of old C/C++ folks.  They also catered for buying managers by
substituting the irrelevant term "bytecode" for "managed code":  you know, if
it's managed, it knows its place. :)

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