Poor style loops?

From: Mark Bruno (yankeesalldaway_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:16:42 -0500

Hey guys, I'm in a class learning C++, and my teacher always criticizes me
for my "poor-style loops." Instead of using a for or while loop, i like to
use for(;;) and break; or continue; manually within the loop. Can someone
explain why this is so bad?

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