Where did ++ come from?

[Tim Smith]

In article <2140 at dutoit.UUCP> dmr at dutoit.UUCP writes:
> It used * and $ rather than @ and # because the former were
> analogous respectively to the B notation and to other assembly
> languages I knew, and (equally) because @ and # were the kill and
> erase characters.

So, why does C use # for the preprocessor instead of $?
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