while (1) and for (;;) (which is also quite traditional) result in the same code.

$ perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'for (;;) { f() }'
1  <0> enter 
2  <;> nextstate(main 3 -e:1) v:{
3  <{> enterloop(next->8 last->9 redo->4) v
4  <;> nextstate(main 1 -e:1) v
5  <0> pushmark s
6  <#> gv[*f] s/EARLYCV
7  <1> entersub[t3] vKS/TARG,1
8  <0> unstack v
-e syntax OK

$ perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'while (1) { f() }'
1  <0> enter
2  <;> nextstate(main 3 -e:1) v:{
3  <{> enterloop(next->8 last->9 redo->4) v
4  <;> nextstate(main 1 -e:1) v
5  <0> pushmark s
6  <#> gv[*f] s/EARLYCV
7  <1> entersub[t3] vKS/TARG,1
8  <0> unstack v
-e syntax OK

$ diff -u \
      <( perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'while (1) { f() }' 2>&1 ) \
      <( perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'for (;;)  { f() }' 2>&1 ) \
   && echo same
same
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