@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected]English • edit-219 hours agoThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.de@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected]English • edit-219 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•18 hours agoBut what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 hours agoI always wondered why I always had a hard time making developers not call “if” a “loop”. Turns out it was on their tests. Glad I didn’t read my college material, or I would have lost faith in my college professors.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•16 hours agoIt just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•17 hours ago“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
minus-square@AliasVortexlinkEnglish1•18 hours agoInfamous because the condition is 1 (or true), the loop never actually exits because it’s always true
But what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
Ah, I believe that would be
from a college course.
I always wondered why I always had a hard time making developers not call “if” a “loop”.
Turns out it was on their tests.
Glad I didn’t read my college material, or I would have lost faith in my college professors.
It just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
Infamous because the condition is 1 (or true), the loop never actually exits because it’s always true