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From: curtj@microsoft.UUCP (Curt JOHNSON)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: do...while vs. repeat...until (was: Errors aren't that simple)
Keywords: cycle forever
Message-ID: <53842@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 90 01:51:36 GMT
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In article <KZB#G{_@rpi.edu> night@pawl.rpi.edu (Trip Martin) writes:
| An interesting note that might give some perspective to this issue is how
| Plus, a little-known language that I'm somewhat familiar with, handles loops.
| Instead of having both while and do..while forms of loops, it uses one form
| called cycle.  Cycle is an infinite loop.  You can then stick exit statements
| anywhere in the loop (and then can be conditional, with both flavors of tests
| supported).  Conceptually, it's a more general way of handling loops.

How 'bout:

    #define Cycle for(;;)

'tho I prefer

    #define forever for(;;)

or

    #define ever (;;)
    // for ever { stuff... }

[] -- Curt Johnson -- ...!uuent!microsoft!curtj

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