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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 10:47:15 +0200
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On 04/06/2024 01:23, Keith Thompson wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> [...]

> 
>> All that suggest sto me is that the language *needs* an explicit
>> endless loop!
> 
> No, it doesn't.
> 

Indeed - it suggests that the language already has perfectly good, 
workable ways to specify endless loops.  It's fine to have additional 
language (or library) features for very common tasks, or for tasks where 
the new feature adds clear benefit.  I don't see what benefit a language 
keyword "forever" compared to "while (true)" or one of the other common 
idioms.

> I suspect some of the people in this thread saying that one form
> is obviously better than the others are joking.
> 

Yes.  People usually have their own preferences and habits for what they 
write themselves, but dislike for the alternatives is usually 
exaggerated.  (Unless someone uses a goto loop - then the source code 
should be burned and the programmer forced to copy out the paper "Go to 
considered harmful" for the rest of the working week.)