Why is for(;;) used?

Question

I have seen code (in C) which contains something similar to: ``` for(;;){ } ``` How would this work, and why is it used in any instance?

Accepted Answer

It is the idiomatic way to have an infinite loop.

In the C Programming Language book, by Kernighan & Ritchie book it was introduced in section 3.5:

```
for (;;) {
    ...
 }
```

is an infinite loop, presumably to be broken by other means, such as a break or return.

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