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    \$\begingroup\$ Functional, complies with the rules, golfed. Wondering why it was downvoted. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 15:03
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    \$\begingroup\$ Does java forbid the classic for(;;) pattern? What about while(true)? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 13:38
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    \$\begingroup\$ @CodesInChaos, Java doesn't normally disallow those patterns and normally I would consider them cleaner and more idiomatic. Here though we are trying to sneak an infinite loop past the compiler (those forms cause the compiler to complain about the static {} block not exiting). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 17:56
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Mechanicalsnail Yes, static blocks can't execute alone since java 7. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 14:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ @OliverNi But you can't use the static block. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 15:17