I understand that the mm suffix [in various GTK-associated C++ binding libraries] means minus minus, but where exactly does it come from?I understand that there is a programming language called C--, but if there were bindings (and I'm pretty sure I've seen some), they would be suffixed --.TL;DR: Is there some page on gnu.org that explains the mm suffix in various C++ bindings or is it just a de facto standard adopted by the open source community with no reasoning behind it?
Where does the mm come from in GTKmm, glibmm, etc
c++;open source;coding standards;binding
From gtkmm's documentation:gtkmm was originally named gtk-- because GTK+ already has a + in the name. However, as -- is not easily indexed by search engines the package generally went by the name gtkmm, and that's what we stuck with.