Talk: Infinite loop
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The joke here (for the non-computer-programmer) is that infinite loop links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which links to infinite loop which links to endless loop which . . .
- yes that's funny, but at the same time, not particularly helpful... sorry. Wesley
- Can't there be any jokes in the Wikipedia? Sheesh! (I won't un-revert if someone de-humorizes them.) User:Ed Poor
But surely they are not the same thing.
I suggest that:
- An endless loop is any loop that connects back to its self with no way of getting out.
- An infinite loop is a loop constructed of an infinite number of instructions and therefore only loops back after an infinite amount of time, or, more practically, never.
- I've never heard infinite loop used to mean this. I've always heard infinite loop used in the meaning above for endless loop: it is defined this way in the Jargon Lexicon at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ endless loop does not appear there. -- Olof
Thank you, Axel and Lee. It looks just about finished now. User:Ed Poor, unoffical "spirit of Larry"
Fair enough. user:Perry Bebbington
