c programming style - READ THIS

[John Collins]

In article <247 at bbncc5.UUCP> keesan at bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) writes:
>....................  From the C Reference
>Manual, section 7.2 (p. 187, K&R):  "The expression ++x is equivalent to x+=1.
>See the discussions of addition and assignment operators for information on
>conversions."  The "usual arithmetic conversions" in this case cause "a += 1"
>to be equivalent to "a += 1.0".

Interestingly enough the PDP11 C compiler could not do ++ and -- on floating
point numbers.... (Up to System III anyway).
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