[OT] Sharp Regrets: Top 10 Worst C# Features

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 21 August 2015 at 19:58:04 UTC, Tobias Müller wrote:
> "Chris" <wendlec at tcd.ie> wrote:
>>  [...]
>> As if most people were too stoooopid to grasp the concept that 
>> `x++` is
>> the same as `x += 1` (which is intellectually as 'challenging' 
>> as `x++`, by the way).
>
> Because it's not.
> ++x is the same as x+=1, not x++.
>
> Tobi

This distinction is only relevant if there are two variables 
involved (i.e. assignment):

`y = x++;`

where

`y = ++x;`

does in fact yield a different result (most likely the desired 
one).

If you work on the same variable, `x++;` is fine. Thus, I don't 
agree with Python's philosophy.