No.
Module Poni
Sub Main()
Console.Writeline("E")
Console.Writeline("P")
Console.Writeline("I")
Console.Writeline("C")
Dim i As Int16 = 1
Console.Writeline(i)
Console.Writeline(i += 1)
Console.Writeline(i += 2)
Console.Writeline(i += 3)
End Sub
End Module
see this is why i like lua
because you can read it as english
whereas that's just something some third grader farted