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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
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Subject: Re: condition convention 'if (10 == j)...'
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 09:39:25 EDT
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A valid reason for using `for (;;)' rather than `while (1)' is that most
(many, some, etc.) compilers generate a test for the latter and not for
the former.  While these compilers are strictly correct in doing so, it
is sub-optimal....
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	Marty Shannon
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