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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: A question of commas
Message-ID: <1989Dec8.122534.1253@virtech.uucp>
Date: 8 Dec 89 12:25:34 GMT
References: <257E97F4.24962@ateng.com> <1989Dec7.192215.27671@aqdata.uucp>
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In article <1989Dec7.192215.27671@aqdata.uucp>, sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes:
> From article <257E97F4.24962@ateng.com>, by chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg):
> > 
> > For example, "i = i + 1" is inherently harder to read than "i++", since the
> 
> But more programmers (BASIC, pascal, etc.) use "i = i + 1", and using "i++"
> assumes future programmers working with the code know C.  Obviously, the
> first choice is the correct choice :-|.

When I am writing a C program, I expect future programmers that will be working
with it to know C.  If not, then I should have written it in a different
language.

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