behavior of n++

[Heber Farnsworth]

There is probably some reason for the following behavior but I can't 
figure out what it might be.

$ octave -q
octave:1> n = 0
n = 0
octave:2> n++
ans = 0
octave:3> n++
ans = 1

I was expecting that if I set n=0 then n++ would be 1.  Why is this not 
true?

Heber



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