• Kacarott
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    But what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?

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        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.

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        It just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!

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      “Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.