One other critical difference in some languages, including C and C++: ++x is one less compiled instruction than x++. That can add up to a notable performance difference in some applications, especially loops. I imagine that would be true of most languages with increment operators.
Yes, your compiler will sometimes optimize that anyway, but it depends on which optimizations you've opted in to, as well as other circumstances. As pythonic as the saying may be, "explicit is better than implicit" is true as a generally universal rule, especially wherever performance is concerned.
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One other critical difference in some languages, including C and C++:
++xis one less compiled instruction thanx++. That can add up to a notable performance difference in some applications, especially loops. I imagine that would be true of most languages with increment operators.Yes, your compiler will sometimes optimize that anyway, but it depends on which optimizations you've opted in to, as well as other circumstances. As pythonic as the saying may be, "explicit is better than implicit" is true as a generally universal rule, especially wherever performance is concerned.