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From: jk@r6.uucp (John Kewley ICL)
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Subject: Re: Writing `C++' in LaTeX
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Date: 26 Feb 90 16:12:34 GMT
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In article <25E437AD.25614@paris.ics.uci.edu> schmidt@crimee.ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt) writes:
>Howdy,
>
>  Does anyone have any good suggestions on the most aesthetic way to
>print the word `C++' in LaTeX or TeX?  Simply writing C++ makes the ++
>appear too large.  Several months ago various people posted their
>favorite way to do this and naturally I didn't save any examples...
>
>  Thanks in advance.
>
>    Doug

Here is the command we use for LaTeX:

	\newcommand{\Cpp}{C{\tt ++}}

Or for TeX:

	\def\Cpp{C{\tt ++}}

These give nice sized plusses and will appear in any size, although
they don't look good in italics, and the plusses are not emboldened
with the \bf command.

The plusses look closer to those on the front of Stoaustrup than
using non-tt ones.

I originally used \newcommand{\Cpp}{{\tt C++}} since the ++ is meant
to be the increment operator, and I always use \tt when quoting
program fragments, as if they were printed at the terminal.

        J.K.

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