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Article #1364Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a bore
From: jwe
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 09:46
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 09:46
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In article <358@necssd.NEC.COM> harrison@necssd.NEC.COM (Mark Harrison) writes: > Then how about: > #define EVER (;;) > for EVER > (Many :-) Or, how about: #define TRUE 29 /* because it's my favorite lucky (nonzero) number */ while (TRUE) Does this mean we can turn our flames back toward the real issues of standard C, such as whether or not it's a good idea to define macros for TRUE and FALSE? -- John "I'll bet I'm not the only one that posts useless stuff here" Eaton jwe@emx.utexas.edu Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 -- John Eaton jwe@emx.utexas.edu Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!jwe From: jwe@ut-emx.UUCP (jwe) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a bore Summary: I can't resist (really: when will it stop) Message-ID: <30804@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 1 Jun 90 09:46:31 GMT References: <5876@buengc.BU.EDU> <12955@smoke.BRL.MIL> <etc.> <etc.> <etc.> Reply-To: jwe@emx.UUCP (John W. Eaton) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 28