I found it easy enough to just compare the for loop syntax to its equivalent while loop at that stage. Plus once you've seen "for (int i = 0, i < 10, i++)" a fe

I found it easy enough to just compare the for loop syntax to its equivalent while loop at that stage. Plus once you've seen "for (int i = 0, i < 10, i++)" a few times it's easy to remember the structure, and then deduce which part does what - initializing happens once before, the middle part is the condition, the last part happens every time at the end. I don't see why it would be a big deal. Beginners in compsci classes seem to do fine with it.