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		zozbot234 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC SC approves inclusion of Algol 68 Front End A postfix "" would be completely redundant since you can just use p[0] . Instead of p++ you'd have (p++)[0] - still quite workable.

fastaguy88 23 days ago [–]

You're kidding, right? (p++)[0] returns the contents of (p) before the ++. Its hard to imagine a more confusing juxtaposition.

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