Infinite Loops
Explore the concept of infinite loops in C++ programming, understand how they arise from loop control conditions, and learn to recognize and manage them. Discover common intentional use cases for infinite loops such as in event-driven GUIs, server applications, and command-line interfaces to keep programs responsive and running continuously.
As already seen, a common programming mistake is creating an infinite loop. An infinite loop refers to a loop that will never exit under certain valid (or at least plausible) input. This could be because the loop variable is modified so that the exit condition is never met.
Note: Beginning programmers should be careful to examine all the possible inputs into a loop to ensure that for each such set of inputs, there is an exit condition that will eventually be reached.
Compilers, debuggers, and other programming tools can only help the programmer so far in detecting ...