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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re:  Infinite loops
Message-ID: <116@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 15:05:31 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.116
Posted: Mon Apr 21 15:05:31 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 23-Apr-86 22:27:15 EST
References: <117@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <117@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) writes:
>
>do ... while(1);
>while(1) ...
>for(;;) ...
>
>are all widely-used idioms for unconditional looping in C.
>I personally prefer the latter, but the choice is just a
>matter of taste.  Any reasonable compiler will generate
>efficient code for all three constructs.

#define loop for(;;)

This is a clean way to do it, but be aware that there is no obvious stopping
point, and soon C purists will soon be declaring that your code has been tainted
by exposure to noxious influences from Algol 68 or worse...

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