Still, conventions matter. If you're reading C code, and you see "for (i=0; i<N; i++) { ...", you know what it means, but "for (i=0; N>i; i++) { ..." probably m

Still, conventions matter. If you're reading C code, and you see "for (i=0; i<N; i++) { ...", you know what it means, but "for (i=0; N>i; i++) { ..." probably makes you double-take, even though it's equivalent. If your project's code standard can include testing for (constant == variable), do it, but the impact on readability shouldn't be ignored. (I agree that it's ultimately a language problem.)