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Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70

From	Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70
Date	2011-10-20 20:36 +0100
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, David Lamb wrote:

> On 15/10/2011 2:12 PM, Volker Borchert wrote:
>> Combined with<5mlom8-vij.ln1@hurricane.fredriksson.dy.fi>  we have now
>> 
>> main(argc, argv)
>> 	int argc;
>> 	char *argv[];
>> {
>> 	printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
>> 
>> #ifdef ATHEIST
>> 	exit(0);
>> #else
>> 	return 0;
>> #endif
>> }
>> 
>> Can this be agreed upon?
>
> I suppose the pedants among us might argue for
>
> #DEFINE RITCHIE_LIFE_STATUS 0
> main(argc, argv)
> 	int argc;
> 	char *argv[];
> {
> 	printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
>
> #ifdef ATHEIST
> 	exit(RITCHIE_LIFE_STATUS);
> #else
> 	return RITCHIE_LIFE_STATUS;
> #endif
> }

Oh, definitely. Makes it much more reusable.

tom

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[OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-13 14:20 -0700
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-13 17:12 -0700
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-14 00:40 +0000
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-14 16:59 -0400
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-14 14:13 -0700
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-14 17:22 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-14 15:44 -0700
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-15 01:11 -0400
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-15 08:54 -0700
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-15 15:37 -0400
                Re: Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-17 03:00 -0700
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:43 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-16 01:30 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-10-16 11:19 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-16 18:28 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-16 22:24 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-17 21:34 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-16 23:21 +0100
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-16 22:27 -0400
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-10-14 13:19 +0100
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-14 14:26 +0100
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2011-10-14 16:53 +0300
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-14 18:09 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 09:28 +0000
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:43 -0400
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-16 04:51 +0000
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2011-10-15 18:38 +0300
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:51 -0400
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 09:27 +0000
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-15 14:43 +0100
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 18:12 +0000
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:39 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2011-10-20 12:39 -0400
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-20 10:04 -0700
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-20 20:36 +0100
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-21 20:42 +0200
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-21 18:54 -0700
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:37 -0400

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