Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of for(;;), while(1)... for(;;): 71 wallclock secs (71.66 usr + 0.00 sys = 71.66 CPU) @ 13955.57/s (n=1000000) while(1): 71 wallclock secs (71.67 usr + 0.00 sys = 71.67 CPU) @ 13952.45/s (n=1000000) Rate while(1) for(;;) while(1) 13952/s -- -0% for(;;) 13956/s 0% --