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Jeff Pinyan
Date:
July 28, 2000 11:46
Subject:
while () and for (;;)
Message ID:
Pine.GSO.4.21.0007281445190.4304-100000@crusoe.crusoe.net
Just why IS the empty statement? Was C the first language to insitute
this, and if so, why is it the way it is?
for (;;) { ... }
and
while () { ... }
loop forever, but I'm not sure I REALLY understand why. I'd be much
happier with
for (;1;) { ... }
and
while (1) { ... }
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