Awk also says it's 12. awk 'BEGIN{a=5; a = a++ + ++a; print a}' 12

chasil • yesterday at 8:16 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Awk also says it's 12.

  awk 'BEGIN{a=5; a = a++ + ++a; print a}'
  12

kencausey • yesterday at 9:19 PM

"When side effects happen is implementation-defined. In other words, it is up to the particular version of awk."

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