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Here is a thread starting on April 15, 2000:

https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=comp.lang.c&mid=P...

started by someone advertising a C/C++ tutorial.

Here, down in the replies, we can find the remark:

In the first place, there is no such language as "C/C++",

Another one:

BTW, what in the world is the C/C++ language

And:

First problem: is comp.lang.c/c++ a legal name for a Usenet forum ?

And:

  Jones
  16/04/2000 17:40:46 UTC

  mike burrell wrote:

  > x*....@m*-****a.com wrote:

  > > I'm beginning a new C/C++ tutorial over at

  >

  > sweet. it's the c/c++ thread all over again.

  Not from me! I'm keeping my mouth shut this time ;)

  Indi 
Look, just believe the people who were there. I was; my name appears in that thread.

Another thread, same year, "NEED C/C++ PROGRAMMER", started by "ITJOBS":

https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=comp.lang.c&mid=P...

Remarks:

"No such language as C/C++."

"Presumably ITJOBS thinks "Well, I've heard of C and I've heard of C++, but I don't know anything about either. They should be about the same."

"I see this a lot and just want to add that a slash ("/") does not imply a mixture of the two, it just means "and/or", so it would read "C and/or C++".

"All the left-brained, analytical people on comp.lang.c hate "C/C++". The right-brained, "creative" people don't mind it. End of story."

"C/C++ is 1 unless C is 0 in which case the result is undefined (I couldn't resist)"

"Um, no. It's always undefined."



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