C++er

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who uses the C++ programming language.

    "Non C++-ers have probably noticed the strange-looking WPPoint& return type declaration for all those overloaded operators: / WPPoint& operator++() { ++x; ++y; return *this;} / WPPoint& operator--() { --x; --y; return *this;} / Huh? What’s & doing there?"

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"Non C++-ers have probably noticed the strange-looking WPPoint& return type declaration for all those overloaded operators: / WPPoint& operator++() { ++x; ++y; return *this;} / WPPoint& operator--() { --x; --y; return *this;} / Huh? What’s & doing there?"

Etymology

From C++ + -er.

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