Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlf3.gvl.unisys.com!tredysvr!cellar!rogue
From: rogue@cellar.UUCP (Rogue Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: ++i++ in Plain English
Message-ID: <5ywa15w164w@cellar.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 91 17:26:39 GMT
Sender: bbs@cellar.UUCP (The Cellar BBS)
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system
Lines: 12

Deliberately not following any of the above, I think it's best to describe 
the difference between ++i and i++ as follows:

++i   Increment i and use the new value in expression (calculation).

i++   Use [old] value of i in expression and THEN increment.

All this talk about discarding values is confusing and misleading.  i retains
its value until the function is exited (assuming i is local).

rogue winter     : "Never trust a gentleman any further than you can throw
rogue@cellar.uucp: his valet."