Convert C FOR (delta > t) to While or Do Until

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The problem is during one pass through the test code where I copy/paste/syntax corrected the CONST input data the C code’s return value is 3 whereas my code returns 1 with identical inputs.

C code:
static punycode_uint adapt(
punycode_uint delta, punycode_uint numpoints, int firsttime )
{
punycode_uint k, r, t;
delta = firsttime ? delta / damp : delta >> 1;
delta += delta / numpoints;
for (k = 0; delta > ((base - tmin) * tmax) / 2; k += base) {
delta /= base - tmin;
}
return (base * delta) / (delta + skew) + k;
}

My Xojo code:

Var result As UInt32
Var ctr As UInt32 = 0
If firstCall Then
  Delta = Delta \ DAMP
Else
  Delta = Delta \ 2
End If
Delta = Delta + (Delta \ numberOfPoints)
Var cmp As UInt32 = ((BASE - T_MINIMUM) * T_MAXIMUM) \ 2
While Delta < cmp
  Delta = Delta \ (BASE - T_MINIMUM)
  ctr = ctr + BASE
Wend
result = (BASE * Delta) \ (Delta + SKEW) + ctr
Return result

I’ve tried Delta >= cmp as well. What termination condition should the While loop be using?

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A ‘C’ for loop is a shorthand for a certain type of while.

for (k = 0; delta > ((base - tmin) * tmax) / 2; k += base)
	{
		delta /= base - tmin;
	}

Unfolds to:

k = 0;
while (delta > ((base - tmin) * tmax) / 2) {
	delta /= base - tmin;
	k += base;
}

Something like this:

While Delta > ((BASE - T_MINUM) * T_MAXIMUM) \ 2