@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected]English • edit-22 months agoThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1imageThe infamous "if loop" actually existsdiscuss.tchncs.de@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected]English • edit-22 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•2 months agoBut what is it in reference to? What’s the “infamous if loop”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•2 months agoAh, I believe that would be from a college course.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoIt just occurred to that in Yorkshire dialect a while loop would actually be an until loop. Directives to the rescue!
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 months ago“Infamous” just refers to newbies who sometimes call if statements “if loops”. I’ve heard this quite a bit.
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.
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