>I got the information below from a training/video site I subscribe to. Why would they make a language harder to understand than is needed? What is the reason for having "++" to add 1 and "+=" to add 10? Why not just i+1 or i+10? Doesn't make sense to me. And, this actually is C#, not C++, but I didn't see a C# forum. Unless they are the same?
>

>int i = 0;
>// convert from a string
>int i = int.Parse("1");
>// convert froma string and don’t throw exceptions
>if (int.TryParse("1", out i)) {}
>i++; // increment by one
>i--; // decrement by one
>i += 10; // add 10
>i -= 10; // subtract 10
>i *= 10; // multiply by 10
>i /= 10; // divide by 10
>

I believe it was a hint to old time compilers to keep the result of the addition in the register for the next operation, but am not totally sure.