(10/03/2012 12:25 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  I'm pretty sure they just fit different circumstances. One isn't really better than the other.

Yeah, which is why I mentioned the convo was pretty retarded.  But a lot of cases you an use both and so it really just comes down to personal preference.

(10/03/2012 12:25 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  In bash, there are 3 kinds of loops: for, while, and until.

Yeah there are other types of loops like a do while loop and stuff, but for and while are the main types of loops pretty much every programming language has.