RE: Infinit loop in /free

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wilbert van der
Hoeven
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:39 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Infinit loop in /free

>I have used in fixed format RPG the statements Do *HIVAL for an infinit
loop
>and, for instance,  DO 7 for a fixed loop. I can't find a nice translations
>into /free for these statements. I don't like, for instance DOW 1=1, or
>constructions in which I have to use a variable.

doesnt "do *hival" mean to loop a large number of times? maybe 4 billion
times?

I would guess that that kind of a loop requires the compiler to add to a
count field and compare the count to *hival on each iteration.  If so, then
that is more overhead that "dow 1".

-Steve