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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:31:13 -0700
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
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> And even then, his complaints would never have gained traction;
> the basic syntax of C hasn't changed for forty years, particularly
> with respect to the syntax related to the 'for' keyword.

That's not *quite* true.  The syntax of the for loop changed
significantly in C99, allowing for a declaration as the first clause
(a feature borrowed from C++).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */