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From: paul@deadpup.UUCP (paul)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Comp.lang.cobol failed
Message-ID: <572@deadpup.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 90 17:15:45 GMT
References: <604@enea.se> <1810005@hpcll17.HP.COM> <1372@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Organization: Disorganization, Athens, OH
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In article <1372@milton.acs.washington.edu>, charlie@milton.acs.washington.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
> 
> It should look simple, pure, and clean, like
> this
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> main()
> {
>   if ( printf("Hello world.\n") == EOF ) {
>     exit(1);
>   } else {
>     exit(0);
>   }
> }

No, no, no! Simple, pure, and clean is:

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
	return(printf("Hello world.\n") == EOF);
}

or better yet, use puts(3).

:-)

Paul J. Mech
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