scala has no ++ or -- operators. It's a-okay. Swift is shaping up to look a lot like scala actually. The biggest problem with ++ and -- operators is that they h

scala has no ++ or -- operators. It's a-okay. Swift is shaping up to look a lot like scala actually. The biggest problem with ++ and -- operators is that they hide a side-effect in another unrelated operation. In a language that supports more functional approaches at the outset, it makes sense to just omit these operators I think.