The argument list to print is evaluated from left-to-right. ++${\++$i} is merely incrementing $i twice and returning an alias to $i.
$i = 0; print ++${\++$i}, 0+ ++$i, 0+ ++$i, ++${\++$i};;
              ^              ^        ^     ^
             (1)            (2)      (3)   (4)

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(1) & (4) return aliases to $i. Since $i has been incremented six times, we get 6 for both of them.

(2) & (3) return copies to $i because of the zero additions 0+. We get 3 for (2) after three increments, and 4 for (3) with one more increment.

In reply to Re^6: Pre vs Post Incrementing variables by repellent
in thread Pre vs Post Incrementing variables by SavannahLion

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