On 21 Apr 2004, David Alan Black wrote:

> This is also why there are no ++ and -- operators in Ruby.  1++ would mean
> that the actual number 1 would henceforth mean 2.  

i think we should try to talk matz into this for a minor release.  maybe the
release slated for 2005-04-01?

-a
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