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		mmillis1 on Dec 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Remove the ++ and –- operators I feel stupid for asking but is this really a topic of discussion? ++ and -- were one of the first things I learned when starting to program. Its simple and quick to write. Is this a thing some "new" programmers don't understand what is going on? Am I taking crazy pills?

Retra on Dec 4, 2015 [–]

The first thing I learned when programming was GOTO and raw pointer handling. Both are simple. Both are pretty stupid.

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