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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That *++ operator from C is indeed confusing.

Reminds me of the goes-to operator: --> that you can use as:

while(i --> 0) {
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's not a real operator. You've put a space in "i--" and removed the space in "-- >". The statement is "while i-- is greater than zero". Inventing an unnecessary "goes to" operator just confuses beginners and adds something else to think about while debugging.

And yes I have seen beginners try to use <-- and --<. Just stop it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The sheer number of people that do not expect a joke on this community... (Really, if you are trying to learn how to program pay attention to the one without the Humor on the name, not here.)

Well, I guess nobody expects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Where do you think we are?