thanks for all the responses, very informative. it seems like its acceptable to most.
to my mind though,
for ( ; ; )
and
while ( 1 )
must be poor programming style at the very least.
conveying programmer intention is surely best served with....
while ( TRUE )
anyway, question answered.
cheers
bill
ps talking more generally about programming style, anyone have any good sites or books that discuss it? I run a software department that is just moving over to C and would love to produce a "rules" book, but dont really know where to start!