There has been extensive testing on this (search the archives) and it's
been proven to my satisfaction that pre-decrementated loops are
consistently faster than post-decremented loops, and specifically that
while (--i -(-1)) is faster than while (i--), less p-code or not.
To the point that it's more readable, that's like saying that you prefer
quarter notes instead of sixteenth notes when reading music. Once you
write while (--i -(-1)) a bunch, you have no trouble reading it. It's a
hell of a lot easier to read than the fastest for loop syntax.
for (var i = myArray.length; --i -(-1); ) {}
I mean, if you find inline conditionals or non-braced if statements hard
to read, does that mean you shouldn't write them or that you should
learn to write them so you can learn to read them.
I didn't like mustard when I was younger. Does that mean I shouldn't
ever like mustard? ;)
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