Re: My First Computer

[Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no>]

Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se> writes:

> pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) writes:
> 
> >   while( printf("Hello\n"), 1 );
> 
> I also found out that __ for(;printf("Hello\n");); __ works equally 
> well as the while statement, although both will have a conditional 
> to check for every loop.

        for(;;printf("Hello\n"));

        --- should get rid of the test, as well...

        Anyway, using while() or for() to implement this is silly: C
*has* goto :-)

> By the way, speaking of readability in computer languages, there is 
> some C implementation of a modem/network data decoding that uses a 
> switch() statement as a piece of spaghetti art, running branches 
> into eachother and stuff. I saw a few years ago, can't recall how
> it worked but it was non-trivial to follow.

        Hum. "Duff's Device", I think?

-- 
Raymond Wiker                        Mail:  Raymond.Wiker@fast.no
Senior Software Engineer             Web:   http://www.fast.no/
Fast Search & Transfer ASA           Phone: +47 23 01 11 60
P.O. Box 1677 Vika                   Fax:   +47 35 54 87 99
NO-0120 Oslo, NORWAY                 Mob:   +47 48 01 11 60

Try FAST Search: http://alltheweb.com/