Empty for loop

I just came across a for(;;) while reading through MSDN on winsock.

What is the purpose of an empty for(;;) loop? Can not the exact same thing be accomplished with a while loop? Seems like tomayto-tomahto to me. If there is some significant purpose though, I'd much like to know.

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People have been saying that for years and it's only ever been true twice. Now that FrozenVirgin is either gone or hiding, quality is back on the increase.