We don&#x27;t have `++` and `--` in Rust either, and I really don&#x27;t mind. The amount of times I&#x27;ve went to do a `++` where a `+= 1` was clutter has been perhaps one or two times.<p>Then again, my most common use for `++` was `for (;;) {}` index, and we have better in these new languages like Rust and Swift.<p>There are millions of people in this world trying to learn to code and understand the layers upon layers of cruft and quirks we&#x27;ve added. I don&#x27;t mind the `++` or `--` operators, but I certainly don&#x27;t mind them being gone either. They add extra complexity to code which is already arguably too complex.<p>In any case, I favor understandability over guesswork, and `++` is another odd cornercase which you have to mentally `grep` over.