Why are we still calling it Aurora C#?

[Bughunter (OP)]

..and not Aurora 8.

Sure switching the implementation to another language and more modern platform was a big thing. But it is still the next major release of the same game. Some people who never coded and doesn't frequent the forums much probably doesn't even know what C# is.

[Agm-114]

It's a total rewrite, so it's not the next major release.

[Erik L]

Because Aurora 2 dropped over a decade ago

[Kyle]

Same reason we say "steel beams" or "ice cubes," to specify what it's made out of!

(And I doubt something like Aurora III is ever gonna stick, but if it does.... I was first!^[1])

[1] Citation needed

[MarcAFK]

What happened to windows 9?
Wheres the Iphone 9?
Why isn't Teslas next car the model 4?
Why didn't microsoft name C# C+++ ?

[Agm-114]

That last one is very very cursed.

[mtm84]

Technically it would be C+=2.

Also no windows 9 because 3rd party windows devs where extra lazy with how they did version checking.

[MarcAFK]

They could have called it windows 09+XE NEXT

[Father Tim]

Because arguing over whether it's pronounced C hash, C sharp, C number, or even Captcha (?) Aurora is fun.


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Though I must remember "C plus plus plus plus"

[Erik L]

Because arguing over whether it's pronounced C hash, C sharp, C number, or even Captcha (?) Aurora is fun.


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Though I must remember "C plus plus plus plus"

Everyone knows it is C Octothorpe

[Froggiest1982]

Because God (Steve) has decided so.

And who are we to doubt God's word?

[SpikeTheHobbitMage]

Technically it would be C+=2.

Also no windows 9 because 3rd party windows devs where extra lazy with how they did version checking.

If by "3rd party windows devs" you mean Microsoft themselves.  Checking for a version string starting with '9' was the official way to detect a DOS-based 32 bit Windows.

Because God (Steve) has decided so.

And who are we to doubt God's word?

Exactly.  That would be heresy.  FOR THE EMPEROR.

[Father Tim]

Because God (Steve) has decided so.

And who are we to doubt God's word?

Thomas, if I'm remembering correctly.

[Paul Shakur]

..and not Aurora 8.

Sure switching the implementation to another language and more modern platform was a big thing. But it is still the next major release of the same game. Some people who never coded and doesn't frequent the forums much probably doesn't even know what C# is.

Because creator of this software (Steve) calls it Aurora C#. If you develop program (game) you will give it a name. When you will have a child and give it a name, everyone who knows him/her will be calling it by name You given to him/her.

Why do we have to call you "Bughunter" at this forum? I think we should call you "How developer dare to name program something else than I want" (and this is sarcasm).

[Bughunter (OP)]

Because creator of this software (Steve) calls it Aurora C#.

That is of course the one that cannot be argued against But I always saw C# as kind of a development project name, like (P) marker, and expected it to drop eventually. But guess it stuck now.