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From: drg@rlvd.UUCP (Duncan R. Gibson)
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Subject: Re: C programming style
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 05:50:22 EDT
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Re: i++ and i = i + 1

As an aside, I remember being taught AlgolW as a student, where i := i + 1
and i := 1 + i were equvalent statements, and incremented i. I then moved to
PL360 (yuk!) for a while where i := i + 1 inrements i, and i := 1 + i sets i
to 2.

This caught a lot of students out, especially as the two languages can be
made to look similar. At least i++ and ++i are *obvious* if you  have read
*any* introductory text to C.