My buddy said to just use "while true" loops for everything and I crashed my laptop 6 times in one afternoon

He told me it was fine because infinite loops are "just a rite of passage" for beginners, but my fan sounded like a jet engine for 20 minutes straight before I realized I forgot a break condition. Has anyone else had a friend give them terrible coding advice that seemed smart at first?

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sandra_black26d ago

Yeah, "while true" is fine if you know what you're doing but telling a beginner to use it for everything is just setting them up for a bad time. Your buddy meant well but forgot to mention the most important part, which is the break condition.

cora_martinez26d ago

I mean I kind of disagree, sometimes an endless loop with a break inside is the clearest way to write certain things.