Re: while (1) vs. for ( ;; )

Christopher Benson-Manica said:

> Richard Heathfield <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm quite unlikely to use multiple returns
>
> Would you suppose that such a view is common in the world of
> professional programming?

No. In my experience, people in the world of professional programming
prefer:

* enormous functions
* multiple exit points from functions and loops
* multiple entry points, if they can get them
* spaghetti logic
* tight coupling
* vry shrt var nms
* evnshrterfnnms
* low cohesion
* lots of debugging
* hardly any testing
* lots of maintenance


> My work experience is still quite limited,
> and it's hard to tell ubiquitous programming conventions from
> idiosyncratic oddities...

Right. I think the above list is pretty much universal. I've only worked on,
perhaps, three client sites where it wasn't observed.

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