"for" loops (was Re: C++ vs. Modula2)

[Doug Schmidt]

In article <1626 at csuna.UUCP> abcscagz at csuna.csun.edu (Jeff Boeing) writes:
++Hoo boy, did I ever mess up in my last posting.
++I forgot that a C "for" loop may be executed zero times.
++So, let me rephrase my conviction that a C "for" loop is superfluous
++because it can be replaced by an equivalent "while" loop, NOT an
++equivalent "do ... while" loop:

I don't think you've gone far enough.  After all, can't both a while
loop and a for loop be replaced by an if statement and a goto?

++
++    for (i = 0; i <= 17; i = sqr(i) + 2)
++       <stuff>;
++

versus

   i = 0;        
LOOP_HEAD:
   if (i <= 17) {
      <stuff>
      i = sqr(i) + 2;
      goto LOOP_HEAD;
   }
   
In fact, aren't all high-level control constructs superfluous?

Doug

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