On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 09:16:50PM +0100, Midori Kocak wrote: > actually it could be proposed to C in 1970 in a same manner for += operator > by saying +== and +=== and also +====. But hence Dennis Ritchie is dead and > he accepted += as a founding father, we have no chance to ask him. Can we ask > maybe to Bjarne Stroustrup as being one of another founding fathers? Is there > anyone being in contact with him?
from what I can remember of the PDP-11 instruction set the ++ and -- operators were put into C because there were op codes that did that, that is what someone told me some 35 years ago. We keep them because all Unixy languages have them. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
