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On 02/24/2013 10:37 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 	Decided to look up the VAX/VMS scheme...
> 
> """
> If you know the condition code for a message, you can use F$MESSAGE to
> translate the code to its associated message. For example:
> $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$MESSAGE(%X00000001)
> %SYSTEM-S-NORMAL, normal successful completion
> """
> 
> 	VMS used a status of "1" for normal success (which implies that all
> the odd integers were success/info messages, even integers would be
> warning/error/fatal.
> 
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/pdf/ovms_msg_ref_al.pdf

It's interesting to note that Windows NT sort of descends from VMS.  I
guess the end result was an unholy blend of VMS and CP/M.