Re: My First Computer

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <b26fh8$lc5$1@barad-dur.nas.com>,
White Flame \(aka David Holz\) <whiteflame52@y.a.h.o.o.com> wrote:
 
> "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message
> news:b257si$18br$1@merope.saaf.se...
>> but of course virtually any actual C programmer would prefer this:
>>
>> main()
>> {
>>     for(;;)
>>         printf( "Hello\n" );
>> }
> 
> Actually, I'd be more prone to write
> 
> main()
> {
>     while(1)
>         printf( "Hello\n" );
> }
> 
> I never use for(;;) for some reason.  Probably because I think it's
> a little less intuitive and a little more ugly than while(1).
 
I prefer for(;;) over while(1) because for(;;) is more efficient:
no condition needs to be evaluated.
 
But you can hide the ugliness behind a macro:
 
#define   FOREVER   for(;;)
 
or
 
#define   FOREVER   while(1)
 
depending on your preferences.
 
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