Maybe it's just me, but:

1. Never works on first try:

doStuffWithWhile()
while (someShitIsNotOver)
doShit()

2. Works like a charm:

doStuffWithManualLoop()
doShit()
if (someShitIsNotOver)
doStuffWithManualLoop()

Growing stack like that? Doomed to fail :/

Kill it with fire

I usually code for-loops with optional break upon early completion, otherwise while-loops. Very rarely do-while-loops. No issues with any of them.

@netikras not if you have reliable tail call optimization

@josap do you realize, that your first and second code snipets aren't equal?

The secend one isn't a while but a do-while loop.

While:
while (condition) {
doStuff();
}

Or using recursion
function myWhile() {
if (condition) {
doStuff();
myWhile();
}
}

On the otherhand a do-while is something like
do {
doStuff();
} while (condition);

Or using recursion
function myDoWhile() {
doStuff();
if (condition) {
myDoWhile();
}
}

Note: a do while loop executes at least once, as it only checks the condition after executing it's body. A while loop in the other hand first checks for the condition to hold and only executes if so.

@Wack yes, I do