Uhh... What? The Mythical C-- Language

Uhh... What? The Mythical C-- Language
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Ah, the mythical C-- language! It's like C++ decided to go on a diet instead of bulking up. The joke here is that while C++ adds features to C (hence the '++' increment operator), C-- would theoretically remove features (using the '--' decrement operator).

What makes this extra hilarious is that someone went through the trouble of creating a Wikipedia-style entry complete with a modified logo, paradigm, designers, and even a "first appeared" date. It's the programming equivalent of Bigfoot โ€“ people claim it exists, but the evidence is sketchy at best!

Fun fact: There actually was a C-- language created as an intermediate language for compilers, but it never gained mainstream adoption. This meme perfectly captures that moment when you stumble across something so obscure in programming that you question your entire career choices.