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| From | Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: main's return rule |
| Date | 2017-10-02 10:12 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <59D24937.5060804@dignus.com> (permalink) |
| References | <97da835b-e7df-42b5-9cc5-4d7ca935b481@googlegroups.com> <59CD49ED.7030101@dignus.com> <lnbmluwqvj.fsf@kst-u.example.com> |
Keith Thompson wrote: >Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> writes: >[...] > > >>Hence the C convention for the return code of main() - 0 is "good", >>non-zero is "not as good". >> >> >[...] > >That's not a convention that's defined by the C standard, and there >are systems that follow different conventions. C > Yeah - it's really outside of the C standard... just trying to motivate the reasons for EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE... - Dave R. - -- rivers@dignus.com Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com
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main's return rule fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 09:49 -0700
Re: main's return rule fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 10:04 -0700
Re: main's return rule fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 10:09 -0700
Re: main's return rule fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 11:10 -0700
Re: main's return rule Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2017-09-28 15:13 -0400
Re: main's return rule Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-28 12:43 -0700
Re: main's return rule Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2017-10-02 10:12 -0400
Re: main's return rule herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-10 13:54 -0800
Re: main's return rule Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-12-10 14:39 -0800
Re: main's return rule herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-13 05:01 -0800
Re: main's return rule Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-12-13 09:17 -0800
Re: main's return rule scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-12-13 18:31 +0000
Re: main's return rule herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-14 11:51 -0800
Re: main's return rule Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-12-13 20:36 +0100
Re: main's return rule "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-12-13 15:14 -0500
Re: main's return rule supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-12-14 07:47 -0800
Re: main's return rule Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-12-14 20:18 +0100
Re: main's return rule fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-29 07:50 -0700
Re: main's return rule Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-09-29 08:14 -0700
Re: main's return rule gordonb.3z6ou@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-09-29 13:01 -0500
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