Re^3: pointy counters

I do not even understand the topic nor the syntax

perl -e "my $c = 10; print qq!$c\n! while $c --> 0;"
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but I see that also

perl -e "my $c = 10; print qq!$c\n! while $c ++> 0 && $c < 100;"
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runs fine.. BUT what a notation is this --> or ++> ?

there are no rules, there are no thumbs..

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Re^4: pointy counters by GotToBTru (Prior) on Dec 29, 2011 at 18:39 UTC
--> is the autodecrement followed by a greater than. It looks like the arrow operator used in various languages, but `while $c --> 0`is really just `while ($c--) > 0`	[reply] [d/l] [select]