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From: swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU (SWARBRICK FRANCIS JOHN)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: return vs exit() [was Re: exit(main(argc,argv,env));]
Message-ID: <3598@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 22 Dec 87 21:58:42 GMT
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Reply-To: swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU (SWARBRICK FRANCIS JOHN)
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They're saying that return is the same as exit() WHILE IN main()!  What
exit() actually does is drops out of the WHOLE PROGRAM, while return just
drops out of the current function.  Dropping out of main() is (usually)
equivalant to dropping out of the whole program.

Frank Swarbrick
swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU
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