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

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:30:24 +0100
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

 
Let me ask you this: what exactly is the point of the 'while'
statement in C? Since it can always be trivially be written as:
 
    for (;cond;)
 
It seems to that most use cases (initialise, check exit condition,
change something that affects the letter), would suit 'for' better.
 
But since 'for' then becomes overloaded, there ought to be a
dedicated feature for simple iteration. So it seems the solution is
as a I suggested above.
 

I suspect that 'while' loop is here in C because Dennis Ritchie wanted
'do .. while() ' and thought that if the keyword is here anyway than
why not reuse it?
In the hindsight, probably a mistake.