prefix notation like --B does the operation BEFORE using the value in an expression, (pre as in do it before), whereas postfix like A++ does the operator AFTER using the value in the expression (post as in after).
In your expression above, you should 'play compiler' and see what gets computed FIRST, then what gets computed NEXT, and so on.
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