"Axel Baune" <aba### [at] neuroinformatikuni-ulmde> wrote in message
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>
> Johannes Hubert wrote:
> >
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > for (I = 1; I <= something; ) {
> >     // loop body here
> >     I += non_deterministic_increment;
> > }
>
> From the viewpoint of a computer scientist (I'm one) this is a not a
> syntactically correct defiend for-loop.

Since we seem to look at details now (not to say beginning to split
hairs), I have to point out, that you are wrong: The "for" loop is
syntactically absolutely correct (in the languages C, C++, Java at
least) - on the *syntax* level there is nothing wrong with it.

However:

> Sorry for flaming, but this are the programming styles, which make
> software packages difficult to maintain, debug, readable and
> understandable by other programmers.

With this I may agree. I have never (as far as I can remember) actually
used a loop like this. I would rather use a while-loop for stuff like
that.
The point was to shows that a C/C++/Java style for-loop *can* change its
looping index.

Johannes.

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