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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:51:59 +0100
Organization: Fix this later
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On 15/04/2025 13:34, Michael S wrote:

<snip>

> I suspect that 'while' loop is here in C because Dennis Ritchie wanted
> 'do .. while() ' and thought that if the keyword is here anyway than
> why not reuse it?
> In the hindsight, probably a mistake.

In hindsight:

$ find . -name \*.c | xargs cat | wc -l
126343
$ find . -name \*.c | xargs grep -w while | wc -l
556
$ find . -name \*.c | xargs grep -w for | wc -l
1258


So although I use for() about twice as much as I use while(), I 
still find while a better option one time in three. That's useful 
enough to make it worth keeping in the toolbox.

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Richard Heathfield
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