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The problem is that you can do this for specific functions/methods, but you cannot do this for a PROGRAM. All programs are "maybe", by definition. You want it t
by withinboredom 2y ago
The problem is that you can do this for specific functions/methods, but you cannot do this for a PROGRAM. All programs are "maybe", by definition. You want it to run until you tell it to stop, but you may never tell it to stop. Ergo, all programs have some sort of infinite loop in them somewhere, even if it is buried in your framework or language runtime.
- IanCal 2y agoI really don't think that's the definition of a program. > You want it to run until you tell it to stop, No? Many programs I don't want to run until I tell them to stop. Even then, this reduces it to irrelevance.
- withinboredom 2y agoYeah, sorry, I wasn’t clear: not the user, the programmer. This is true for almost all programs. Even a simple “print hello world” involves at least one intentional infinite loop: sending bytes to the buffer. The buffer could remain full forever.