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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by d-lisp on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:37PM (#37835751)
I have the feeling the generalized "For" is nice because it allows for multiple initializers in a compact manner, how does for I from 0 to N by 5 deals with this ?

e.g. for(i=0,j=N.length;i<j;i++)

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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by bmicraft on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:37PM (#37837923)
This should be equivalent:

   for i from 0 to N.length [by 1]
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