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Re: "while ( x++ < 100 )" isn't "obscure".

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Jeff-Relf.Me  @. writes:

>> > I increment things at the _start_ of a loop,
>> > not at the end, hence:  while ( x++ < 100 )
>> 
>> If I was the hiring manager, 
>> I'd take points off for unnecessary obscurity.

>"while ( x++ < 100 )" isn't "obscure";
>people do stuff at the _start_ of a loop.

Starting off with "x = 0;" is obscure, or rather misleading. If you do
something for each integer from 1 to 100, you start at 1.  Like I said,
for a half a second I was about to mention you had a bug, the code
calculates FizzBuzz for 0, but that was misleading; you don't.  Looking
like you have a bug is almost as bad as having a bug, at least to the
hiring manager looking for someone who can write good, maintainable,
quality code.

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