Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw

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From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 17:48

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In article <1990May24.231054.22349@mozart.amd.com> tim@amd.com (Tim Olson) writes:
>K&R *DID* say this -- read the reference manual section about the For
>statement (9.6):
>
>	"Any or all of the expressions may be dropped.  A missing
>	expression-2 makes the implied while clause equivalent to
>	while(1); ..."

Oops.  My bad.  So whose compiler was it that did this?

				--Blair
				  "Grumble."

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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
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Subject: Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw
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Date: 25 May 90 17:48:49 GMT
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