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Indefinitely vs Infinitely
I saw this in some software comments:
1) the process sleeps indefinitely
2) the process sleeps infinitely
Which one is correct?
/Why Tea
1) the process sleeps indefinitely
2) the process sleeps infinitely
Which one is correct?
/Why Tea
Top answer
Either could be correct. In the first case the process will or should wake up at some point in time but when that will occur is unknown. In the second case the process will never wake up.
- Either could be correct.
- In the first case the process will or should wake up at some point in time but when that will occur is unknown.
- In the second case the process will never wake up.
- The second is probably an error situation.
- Bob
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Either could be correct. In the first case the process will or should wake up at some point in time but when that will occur is unknown. In the second case the process will never wake up. The second is probably an error situation.
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(Top posting corrected.)
[nq:2]I saw this in some software comments: 1) the process sleeps indefinitely 2) the process sleeps infinitely Which one is correct? /Why Tea[/nq]
[nq:1]Either could be correct. In the first case the process will or should wake up at some point in time but when that will occur is unknown. In the second case the process will never wake up. The second is probably an
[nq:2]I saw this in some software comments: 1) the process sleeps indefinitely 2) the process sleeps infinitely Which one is correct? /Why Tea[/nq]
[nq:1]Either could be correct. In the first case the process will or should wake up at some point in time but when that will occur is unknown. In the second case the process will never wake up. The second is probably an
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