What is the meaning of '#' in c#?

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c++ came from c by adding ++ to c as c++ uses an increment operator ++.

Then why instead of C# they didn't give it as C+++?

I searched in google but there was no solution for that...

Posted 21-Aug-12 17:41pm

Siju Vijayan

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Hi Dear,

C# is called "C sharp" here '#' means 'Sharp' that denote this language working fast, learning easily and easy understandable code....

Posted 21-Aug-12 18:49pm

Niranjankr

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The name "C sharp" was inspired by musical notation where a sharp indicates that the written note should be made a semitone higher in pitch. This is similar to the language name of C++, where "++" indicates that a variable should be incremented by 1.

Posted 21-Aug-12 17:56pm

Kuthuparakkal

Updated 22-Jun-24 8:12am

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Kuthuparakkal 22-Aug-12 2:54am

Plz make any comments if any mfker wants to downvote solutions.

Wendelius 23-Aug-12 0:35am

Nice info! Could be that yu got a downvote because you didn't include the link to the source of the information, who knows :)

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-21T18:53:00

Found it on Wiki[^]

The name "C sharp" was inspired by musical notation where a sharp indicates that the written note should be made a semitone higher in pitch.

This is similar to the language name of C++, where "++" indicates that a variable should be incremented by 1.

Due to technical limitations of display (standard fonts, browsers, etc.) and the fact that the sharp symbol (U+266F ♯ music sharp sign (HTML: ♯)) is not present on the standard keyboard, the number sign (U+0023 # number sign (HTML: #)) was chosen to represent the sharp symbol in the written name of the programming language.

This convention is reflected in the ECMA-334 C# Language Specification.

However, when it is practical to do so (for example, in advertising or in box art), Microsoft uses the intended musical symbol.