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Article #1339Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 30 May 1990 15:13
Date: Wed, 30 May 1990 15:13
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In article <5916@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes: > In article <0:P3-A6@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >you said the standard requires the compiler generate identical code > >for !while(1)! and !for(;;)!. > I said that a compiler that > the implementor claimed to be matching the standard's model > of a hypothetical machine would, in fact, generate > identical code for !while(1)! and !for(;;)!. I'm sorry, but I can't see any significant difference between these two statements. Perhaps you should try turning on your English language optimiser? -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com> 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com> @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw Message-ID: <:0T3AHF@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 30 May 90 15:13:16 GMT References: <5876@buengc.BU.EDU> <12955@smoke.BRL.MIL> <5879@buengc.BU.EDU> <Z4O3P:2@xds13.ferranti.com> <5904@buengc.BU.EDU> <0:P3-A6@ggpc2.ferranti.com> <5916@buengc.BU.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14