From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2001-08-24T04:53:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20204] Re: ++ Operator

> The only moment where I miss the "++" is actually when I need to increment
> a Number... Writing "a += 1" is just.. depressing.. ;p.

Not to mention that a += 1 is less efficient (in terms of speed) than a =
a.succ(), and the latter really doesn't imply that we are incrementing a
(not to mention that it's more ugly).

Paul