Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

(I am summarizing heavily in an effort to return to the main area
of interest.)

On Sun, 11 May 2025 17:30:14 -0700
Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

[...]

[suggestion to keep for() and eliminate while()]

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[a mention was made of statistics given in another posting
 that reported a ratio of while()/for() of roughly 2.3 to 1.]
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[upthread there was a different posting, from Richard
 Heathfield, that gave statistics reflecting a ratio
 of for()/while() of approximately 3 to 1, IIRC]

I did a more comprehensive gathering of statistics, using an ad hoc
collection of 68 open source projects, ranging in size from just
over 1500 lines to over a million lines, including two outliers
with 20 million lines and 75 million lines.  The ratio of while()
to do/while() ranged from 12.5% to 2100%, with an average of
573.9%.  The ratio of while() to for() ranged from 1.6% to 300%,
with an average of 60.8%.

[...] while() does not help anything relatively to for().

I understand that that is your view.  I don't remember seeing any
supporting statements other than your personal reactions.  My own
experience is different.  Judging by the open source statistics
reported above, it appears that a fair number of other developers
don't share your views on this question either.