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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 19:52:22 -0000 (UTC)
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:

> On 2024-06-02, Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
> > I've always considered
> >   for (;;)
> > preferable over
> >   while (1)  
> 
> Of course it is preferable. The idiom constitutes the language's
> direct support for unconditional looping, not requiring that to be
> requested by an extraneous always-true expression.
> 
> Using while (1) or while (true) is like i = i + 1 instead
> of ++i, or while (*dst++ = *src++); instead of strcpy.
> 
> When Dennis Ritchie (if it was indeed he) chose for to be the
> construct in which the guard expression may be omitted, so that it
> may express conditional looping, he expressed the intent that it be
> henceforth used for that purpose.
> 
> To continue to use while (1) after the proper utensil is provided is
> like to eat with your hands instead of a fork.
> 

The former becoming increasingly popular.