Dewitters Game Loop

  const int TICKS_PER_SECOND = 25;
    const int SKIP_TICKS = 1000 / TICKS_PER_SECOND;
    const int MAX_FRAMESKIP = 5;

    DWORD next_game_tick = GetTickCount();
    int loops;
    float interpolation;

    bool game_is_running = true;
    while( game_is_running ) {

        loops = 0;
        while( GetTickCount() > next_game_tick && loops < MAX_FRAMESKIP) {
            update_game();

            next_game_tick += SKIP_TICKS;
            loops++;
        }

        interpolation = float( GetTickCount() + SKIP_TICKS - next_game_tick )
                        / float( SKIP_TICKS );
        display_game( interpolation );
    }