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The infamous "if loop" actually exists (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by kyub@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Reil@beehaw.org 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

They used a macro to make 'IF' (which is distinctly not 'if') map to 'while'. So it's really a while(1) loop, which will repeat forever, or until the program is terminated, whichever comes first.

Someone's just being silly.

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

Thx!

'IF' (which is distinctly not 'if')

Is this something needed "for the meme" or something with this macro or C/C++? Or why the case-sensitivity here? I only know languages like Java, Python, JS. Unfortunately the ancient tongue is not known to me.