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Article #1297Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Sat, 26 May 1990 07:03
Date: Sat, 26 May 1990 07:03
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In article <5906@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes: -In article <1990May24.231054.22349@mozart.amd.com> tim@amd.com (Tim Olson) writes: -> "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? Everybody's! You don't seem to understand the difference between a language specification and code generation.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!bu.edu!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw Message-ID: <13001@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 26 May 90 07:03:13 GMT References: <5897@buengc.BU.EDU> <1990May24.231054.22349@mozart.amd.com> <5906@buengc.BU.EDU> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 9