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Re^2: Should loop {} really loop indefinitely?

by grondilu (Friar)
on Oct 07, 2013 at 22:23 UTC ( [id://1057316]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Should loop {} really loop indefinitely?
in thread Should loop {} really loop indefinitely?

In Perl 6, when you want to idle indefinitely, you should probably write:

sleep(Inf);

Also, as mentioned above, replacing loop {} by a nop would be just as false as letting it loop forever. 0 * Inf is neither 0 nor Inf.

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