how to do an infinite loop

[rami]

please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

[Joe Wright]

Richard Heathfield wrote:

Franz Hose said:

>Richard Heathfield wrote:

>>rami said:

please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C
I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

This thing still running?

Yes, although for a week or two it slowed almost to a crawl (the machine
was very busy doing some heavy prime calcs) - but it soon picked up again
afterwards.

I've had to be pretty firm about this program - I've had no fewer than
three (rather generous) offers for exclusive rights to the source code,
one of them from someone in the States who called himself "Mr G", but I
cannot in all conscience release the code, even commercially, until the
test is complete.

I think I know who "Mr G" is. He wants to factor large primes and he
thinks your code might do it. Sell it to him. Also sell him a support
agreement which has you on a monthly retainer to help factor even larger
primes. "G" has money and you have time. Marriage made in heaven.

--
Joe Wright
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
--- Albert Einstein ---

[Fumeur]

Richard Heathfield said:

rami said:

>please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

What I was always wondering, in these kind of programs, that never exit,
and never return a value to their hosting environments, what is the best
signature of main()? Consider these possibilities...

(1a)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

(1b)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
return 0;
}

(2)
void main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

1a) most compilers complain about a missing return statement.

1b) some compilers complain about the return statement being unreachable.

2) some compilers complain about void main() (but Schildt uses void main()
a lot in programs that *do* terminate)

Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

[Golden California Girls]

Fumeur wrote:

Richard Heathfield said:

>rami said:

>>please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

What I was always wondering, in these kind of programs, that never exit,
and never return a value to their hosting environments, what is the best
signature of main()? Consider these possibilities...

(1a)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

(1b)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
return 0;
}

(2)
void main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

1a) most compilers complain about a missing return statement.

1b) some compilers complain about the return statement being unreachable.

2) some compilers complain about void main() (but Schildt uses void main()
a lot in programs that *do* terminate)

Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

in 1b have you tried putting a label on the return?

[Barry Schwarz]

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:13:50 +0100, Fumeur <[e-mail]:

>Richard Heathfield said:

>rami said:

>>please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

What I was always wondering, in these kind of programs, that never exit,
and never return a value to their hosting environments, what is the best
signature of main()? Consider these possibilities...

(1a)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

(1b)
int main(void) {
for(;;) {}
return 0;
}

(2)
void main(void) {
for(;;) {}
}

1a) most compilers complain about a missing return statement.

1b) some compilers complain about the return statement being unreachable.

2) some compilers complain about void main() (but Schildt uses void main()
a lot in programs that *do* terminate)

Just because someone is able to publish a book does not mean the
contents are suitable for the purpose you intend. Betty Crocker
(nowadays I guess it would be Martha Stewart or Wolfgang Puck) would
be a better C reference than Schildt. On the other hand, it is not
completely useless. It contains many examples of what not to do.

>
Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

You could try
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 0; i++){
i--;
...
}
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[Richard Heathfield]

Barry Schwarz said:

<snip>

You could try
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 0; i++){
i--;
...
}

The request was for an infinite loop, but the loop you show here will be
very finite indeed.

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[RoS]

In data Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:43:16 -0800, Barry Schwarz scrisse:

>>Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

You could try
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 0; i++){
i--;
...
}
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the above is not an infinite loop
this will be: for(i=0;i<=0;++i) --i;

[RoS]

In data Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:22:26 +0100, RoS scrisse:

>In data Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:43:16 -0800, Barry Schwarz scrisse:

>>>Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

You could try
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 0; i++){
i--;
...
}
Remove del for email

the above is not an infinite loop
this will be: for(i=0;i<=0;++i) --i;

nobody have seen there should be an undefinite bheaviour?
(because the start is --i with int i=0)
--
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year
Joyeux Noel, Bonne Annee.

[Richard Heathfield]

RoS said:

In data Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:22:26 +0100, RoS scrisse:

>>In data Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:43:16 -0800, Barry Schwarz scrisse:

>>>>Are there any possibilities that compile without warnings?

You could try
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 0; i++){
i--;
...
}

the above is not an infinite loop
this will be: for(i=0;i<=0;++i) --i;

nobody have seen there should be an undefinite bheaviour?

Nobody except you, no.

(because the start is --i with int i=0)

C&V please.

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[Two-Horned Unicorn]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:03:42 +0000 (UTC), Richard Heathfield wrote:

rami said:

>please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

What are the specifications, specifically,

(1) Under what conditions is the test run considered complete?

(2) Does it maintain some sort of counter? If so,
(2a) How many iterations did it perform already?

(Zed) When the test finally completes, how do you know this loop has run
an infinite number of times?

[Richard Heathfield]

Two-Horned Unicorn said:

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:03:42 +0000 (UTC), Richard Heathfield wrote:

>rami said:

>>please everybody ,can anyone tell me how to do an infinite loop in C

I have written a program for you, that contains an infinite loop, but it
wouldn't be right to show you the code until its test run is complete.

What are the specifications, specifically,

(1) Under what conditions is the test run considered complete?

When the loop has run infinitely many times. Anything less would not be a
thorough test.

(2) Does it maintain some sort of counter?

No, no point. I don't have that much storage.

If so,
(2a) How many iterations did it perform already?

See above.

(Zed) When the test finally completes, how do you know this loop has run
an infinite number of times?

I plan to be around to observe the "test complete" message.

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