title: What does --> mean in Java?
body: <pre><code>for (int i = 99; i --&gt; 0;) {
      System.out.println(i);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Above code works, and has the exactly same result of</p>
  
  <pre><code>for (int i = 99; i &gt;= 0; i--) {
      System.out.println(i);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What does the syntax "-->" originally mean in Java? Since almost reachable search engines disallow special characters, I cannot seem to find the answer.</p>