difference between c++; and ++c;

[Tim Pierce]

In article <1991Apr10.094402.28033 at tkou02.enet.dec.com>, diamond at jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond) writes:
> In article <3730 at inews.intel.com> bhoughto at nevin.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>>    i += 1;	"Increment i."
> Nope; it's
>      i += 1;    "Increment i then discard the resulting value"
> 
> (as opposed to  j = (i += 1);  "Increment i then use the resulting value")

Look, technically, that's "Increment i, assign the resulting value to j, then
discard it."  But so what?

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