kyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-217 hours agoThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.dekyub@discuss.tchncs.de to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-217 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKacarottlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·16 hours agoBut what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
minus-squareaMockTie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·16 hours agoAh, I believe that would be from a college course.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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-squareNigelFrobisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 hours agoIt just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
minus-squarekyub@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours ago“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
minus-squareAliasVortex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·16 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