alt Hacker NewsInfinite loop without side effects == program stuck and not responding on user input and not outputting anything. That's not something a useful program will ever want to do.
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xigoi • yesterday at 9:28 AM
The problem is when you accidentally write an infinite loop. In a different language, you run the code, see that it gets stuck and fix it. In C, the compiler may delete the function, making it hard to realize what is happening.
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Not true, C++ made it so trivial infinite loops are not UB because it turns out they do have legitimate uses.
https://lists.isocpp.org/std-proposals/2020/05/1322.php
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2024/p28...