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				 endre862239yOnce in a while. Because you know it probably happens but have no idea when/why/where. endre862239yOnce in a while. Because you know it probably happens but have no idea when/why/where.
 
 Ie. The DB is backed up once in a while.
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				You write the thing only once in the body of the while..
 This isn't the problem though.. if the while has a condition, you might terminate and then not be running at all..








I don't understand the phrase "once in a while".
If you execute something only “once“ then why you keep it in a “while“?
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bad attempt at joke