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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Fast Morals & No Code
Message-ID: <5020@alice.uUCp>
Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 12:00:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 22 12:00:35 1986
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> The point is that the VMS C implementation must map its exit codes into
> what the operating system expects. When the programmer says `exit 0', he
> means `I succeeded'. The exit() function must support this.
>
>	jim		cottrell@nbs

No way!  exit(n) means "terminate and send the number n back to the system."