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   Marco van de Voort to MattR   
   Re: silly question: prefix vs postfix op   
   03 Mar 08 22:23:48   
   
   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2008-03-03, MattR  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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