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

On 15/04/2025 13:34, Michael S wrote:
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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.

In hindsight:
$ find . -name \*.c | xargs cat | wc -l
126343
$ find . -name \*.c | xargs grep -w while | wc -l
556
$ find . -name \*.c | xargs grep -w for | wc -l
1258
So although I use for() about twice as much as I use while(), I still find while a better option one time in three. That's useful enough to make it worth keeping in the toolbox.
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