alt Hacker NewsIn any language where the practice of iteration isn't achieved via C-style for-loops, having an operator devoted to increment just doesn't make sense (let alone four operators, for each of pre/post-increment/decrement). This is one of those backwards things that just needs to be chucked in the bin for any language developed post-2010.
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dhosek • yesterday at 8:40 PM
I always hate C-style for-loops because even thought I learned C over 40 years ago, I can never remember whether the increment comes before the test or the test comes after the increment. Fortunately, modern IDEs let me continue to be ignorant on those occasions when they’re necessary (usually because I need the index for some reason).
When used well it makes for compact readable code. I don't see what it has to do with for loops or operators specifically. For example you can do the same in scheme while iterating by means of tail recursion.