for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw
    Blair P. Houghton 
    bph at buengc.BU.EDU
       
    Sat May 26 03:48:49 AEST 1990
    
    
  
In article <1990May24.231054.22349 at mozart.amd.com> tim at amd.com (Tim Olson) writes:
>K&R *DID* say this -- read the reference manual section about the For
>statement (9.6):
>
>	"Any or all of the expressions may be dropped.  A missing
>	expression-2 makes the implied while clause equivalent to
>	while(1); ..."
Oops.  My bad.  So whose compiler was it that did this?
				--Blair
				  "Grumble."
    
    
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