Re: silly question: prefix vs postfix ops

Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl>
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:23:48 +0000 (UTC)

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From: Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:23:48 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Stack Usenet News Service
References: 08-03-012
Keywords: design, comment
Posted-Date: 03 Mar 2008 19:27:40 EST

On 2008-03-03, MattR <rosing@peakfive.com> wrote:
> This is more of a language question than a compiler question (and
> therefore should create a religious battle :) ), but I'm wondering if
> the answer has more to do with the compiler. Anyway, why are there
> prefix operators that could just as well be postfix?


I'd say that unary operations are prefix, because minus is.


[This is wandering away from compiler design. Personal syntax
preferences are almost invariably off-topic. -John]

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