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Nick Keighley wrote:
> 
> On Sep 12, 12:12 am, pete <pfil...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > bob wrote:
> >
> > > Is it considered bad practice to do something like this?
> >
> > > while (true)
> > > {
> > > ...
> > > }
> >
> > Th C compiler which I use,
> > issues a warning for that.
> >
> > In C,
> >     for(;;)
> > is for writing that kind of loop.
> 
> in what sense is it "for writing that kind of loop"? 

In the sense that it is only only loop style,
which is explicitly described by the guy who invented it,
as being an "'infinite' loop", in both editions of K&R.

It's also the loop style 
which is used for all of the examples of "infinite" loops, 
in the C standard.

-- 
pete