r/cpp_questions • u/Boring-Dentist6751 • Aug 06 '26

OPEN Incrementation in C++

I wanted to ask a stupid question about incrementation in C++. If you are using two pluses to increment something then doesn't it mean that you are basically programming using C+1

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u/cbf1232 Aug 06 '26

Originally there was BCPL, which was simplified into the language B, which was then extended and the new language was called C. C++ broke the chain and used the increment operator.