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From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: VMS and exit(-1)
Message-ID: <20527@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: 24 Jan 88 08:36:00 GMT
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Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
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Posted: Sun Jan 24 03:36:00 1988

>> Doesn't *anybody* on this newsgroup actually _check_things_out_ before
>> they send?  Arrrrrgh!
> Yes we do.  exit(0) *is* silent in VMS 4.5 CC 2.3.
> I would still like to know which systems exit(0) and exit(1) don't
> work in, and as this misunderstanding shows, it is important that
> people quote version numbers in their reports.

Well, I can't check this anymore since that particular system is long gone,
but VMS 3.5, C 1.2 most certainly had the exit(0) bug.  I just tried

main() { exit(0); }

on VMS 4.4 and microVMS 4.5, C 2.3-024, and both have the exit(0) bug.
There may also be variations in the version of the runtime library that
affect the results.

Mike Khaw
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