The progression from x += 1 (normal, acceptable) to x++ (meh, whatever) to x -= -1 (suddenly sophisticated) is the programming equivalent of putting on a tuxedo to take out the trash. Sure, you're technically subtracting a negative to increment, but you're also the kind of person who probably writes if (condition == true) unironically. It's mathematically correct, unnecessarily complex, and absolutely nobody asked for it—which makes it perfect code review material. Your teammates will either think you're a genius or question your life choices. Probably both.
When You Accidentally Write Elegant Code
22 days ago
166,940 views
0 shares
increment-memes, operators-memes, code-style-memes, overthinking-memes, math-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io
More Like This
Pointers are just syntactic sugar over memory addresses
4 years ago
60.4K views
0 shares
The Art Of Selective Documentation Retention
5 months ago
310.4K views
0 shares
When programming even haunts you in your sleep
4 years ago
134.8K views
0 shares
Saved me a ton of times
4 years ago
57.9K views
0 shares
warning: strong language 😬
2 years ago
50.1K views
0 shares
Me Doing Regex
1 year ago
62.5K views
0 shares
Loading more content...
AI
AWS
Agile
Algorithms
Android
Apple
Bash
C++
Csharp