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From: karl@haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "exit 0;"  - or -  "exit (0);" ?
Message-ID: <174@haddock.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 10:04:37 EST
Article-I.D.: haddock.174
Posted: Wed Nov 19 10:04:37 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Nov-86 22:29:40 EST
References: <1512@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <6355@alice.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer)
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Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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Summary: Not C, but maybe awk or shell

In article <6355@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UUCP writes:
>"exit 0;" is illegal -- exit is a function just like any other.  I am sure
>you are mistaken when you say you've seen it many times.  In fact, I
>strongly suspect you are confusing it with "return 0;" which is legal C.

Or perhaps with awk or shell scripts, where "exit 0" is legal.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint