sleep 60;
  my $status;

  while(!(($status = get_value()) eq 'initializing')) {
    sleep 10;
  }

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;
my $count = 0;
my $status;

while (($status = gv() eq 'initializing')) {
  print 'stuck in loop' . "\n";
}

sub gv {
  $count ++;
  return 'initializing' if $count < 5;
  return 'ok';
}