Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem

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From: halasz
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 06:12

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In article <Ik_SXNiSMUE48zNeor@transarc.com>, Jim_Mann@transarc.com writes
$$$ No, the standard does not insist any such thing, nor does it insist
$$$ that an OS that uses some other success return other than 0 is wrong.
$$$ What the standard says is that exit(0) indicates success. On systems
$$$ like VMS, the runtime simply translates exit(0) into the necessary
$$$ return value indicating success.

What is this but to decree that 0 is success, whatevver the OS s custom is?

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Subject: Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem
Date: 11 Aug 1995 02:12:32 -0400
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