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  EXIT_SUCCESS Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-07-08 00:00 -0300
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 19:54 -0700
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-08 15:03 +1200
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-07 23:20 -0400
      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 10:19 +0100
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-08 03:25 -0700
          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-08 13:49 +0100
          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:33 -0700
            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-07-08 18:03 +0100
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 19:11 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-08 14:25 -0500
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-08 20:34 +0100
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:10 -0400
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 01:21 -0500
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-10 16:09 -0600
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 16:01 -0700
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-07-10 18:30 -0500
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-10 17:00 -0700
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-10 22:43 -0400
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-10 22:31 -0700
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-11 08:24 +0000
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:18 -0400
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-07-11 00:47 +0000
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.0aikd@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-12 18:52 -0500
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-12 20:32 -0400
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-12 20:59 -0600
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.a2m2l@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-13 02:11 -0500
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-13 11:26 -0400
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-13 08:48 -0700
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-07-18 09:54 -0700
              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-08 17:46 -0400
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-09 13:13 -0700
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jgh@mdfs.net - 2016-07-25 04:42 -0700
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 13:07 +0100
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Udyant Wig <udyant.wig@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 20:05 +0530
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-25 16:06 +0000
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 17:41 +0100
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 11:04 -0700
                            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 19:14 +0100
                              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:00 +0100
                                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 22:03 +0100
                                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-25 22:41 +0100
                                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:50 -0700
                                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 15:04 -0700
                            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:43 +0200
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-25 14:41 -0700
                            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 10:59 +0200
                              Re: EXIT_SUCCESS jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-07-27 06:20 -0700
                                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 15:44 +0100
                                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-27 16:22 +0100
                                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-07-27 11:20 -0600
                                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-27 15:32 -0700
                                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-28 14:47 +0100
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-25 08:46 -0700
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 12:44 +0200
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-26 08:24 -0700
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-07-26 19:26 +0200
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-26 18:03 +0100
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-11 19:15 -0400
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-11 16:46 -0700
                  Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-15 13:51 +0000
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-15 08:07 -0700
                    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-15 14:33 -0400
                      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-07-23 09:07 +0000
                        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-23 16:44 -0500
                          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2016-07-25 10:36 -0400
                            Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-07-25 15:28 -0500
                Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-18 09:45 +0200
          Re: EXIT_SUCCESS gordonb.bitq1@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-07-08 17:56 -0500
    Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-08 08:35 -0700
      Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:03 -0700
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2016-07-31 18:09 -0400
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-31 15:36 -0700
        Re: EXIT_SUCCESS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-01 10:09 -0400

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#90396

Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:

> Speaking of BASIC and FORTRAN...
> 
> One of my first significant programming projects was to rewrite a rather 
> hefty Star Trek program written in FORTRAN into a rather wimpy version of 
> BASIC.  (Why? Because that's the only language that my high school had 
> available "way back when".)

Surely not _the_ Star Trek program, as made famous by David Ahl? Because
that was originally written in BASIC, not FORTRAN.

Richard

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#90399

On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 8:52:04 AM UTC-5, Richard Bos wrote:
> Ken Brody wrote:
> > One of my first significant programming projects was to rewrite a rather 
> > hefty Star Trek program written in FORTRAN into a rather wimpy version of 
> > BASIC.  (Why? Because that's the only language that my high school had 
> > available "way back when".)
> 
> Surely not _the_ Star Trek program, as made famous by David Ahl? Because
> that was originally written in BASIC, not FORTRAN.

That game has been widely ported (as I noted in another post, even the
Atari Video Computer System got a version called Stellar Track).  I
would not doubt that it has been ported to many languages, or that people
who got copies of the game in some of those languages may have ported it
back to BASIC.

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#90409

On 7/15/2016 9:51 AM, Richard Bos wrote:
> Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of BASIC and FORTRAN...
>>
>> One of my first significant programming projects was to rewrite a rather
>> hefty Star Trek program written in FORTRAN into a rather wimpy version of
>> BASIC.  (Why? Because that's the only language that my high school had
>> available "way back when".)
>
> Surely not _the_ Star Trek program, as made famous by David Ahl? Because
> that was originally written in BASIC, not FORTRAN.

I believe this was "Super Star Trek", which looks like it actually 
originated as Mr. Ahl's "Star Trek".  It used "words" (or probably 
abbreviations) for commands.  It's quite possible that it was ported to 
FORTRAN, and that's the version I ported (back?) to BASIC.

The version of BASIC we had was pretty primitive, having only 26 
1-dimensional arrays, 26 strings, and 286 (A-Z, as well as A0-Z9) numeric 
variables.  Fortunately, it had CHAIN and COMMON.

Note that I have (somewhere) an autographed copy of his "101 BASIC Computer 
Games".

-- 
Kenneth Brody

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#90834

Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:

> The version of BASIC we had was pretty primitive, having only 26 
> 1-dimensional arrays, 26 strings, and 286 (A-Z, as well as A0-Z9) numeric 
> variables.  Fortunately, it had CHAIN and COMMON.

Sheesh... that's even more restrictive than Sinclair Basic!

> Note that I have (somewhere) an autographed copy of his "101 BASIC Computer 
> Games".

Ooh...

Richard

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#90882

On 7/23/16 4:07 AM, Richard Bos wrote:
> Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> The version of BASIC we had was pretty primitive, having only 26
>> 1-dimensional arrays, 26 strings, and 286 (A-Z, as well as A0-Z9) numeric
>> variables.  Fortunately, it had CHAIN and COMMON.
>
> Sheesh... that's even more restrictive than Sinclair Basic!
>
>> Note that I have (somewhere) an autographed copy of his "101 BASIC Computer
>> Games".
>
> Ooh...
>
> Richard
>

Is that the one that had a bright yellow cover? If so, I think I had 
that in the mid to late 70s.

-- 
Randy Howard
(replace the obvious text in the obvious way if you wish to contact me 
directly)

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#90999

On 7/23/2016 5:44 PM, Randy Howard wrote:
> On 7/23/16 4:07 AM, Richard Bos wrote:
>> Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:
[...]
>>> Note that I have (somewhere) an autographed copy of his "101 BASIC Computer
>>> Games".
>>
>> Ooh...
>
> Is that the one that had a bright yellow cover? If so, I think I had that in
> the mid to late 70s.

No, it's mostly blue:

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC_Computer_Games

Are you perhaps thinking of "Basic BASIC"?

 
http://www.trs-80.com/covers/bookcover-Basic_BASIC_2nd_Edition_(1978)(Hayden_Book_Company).jpg

(That was my first computer programming book, though it must have been the 
first edition, as it would have been before 1978.)

[clickety click]

Or maybe "BASIC Computer Games: Microcomputer Edition", also by David Ahl?

 
https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Computer-Games-Microcomputer-David/dp/0894800523

Several of these are available online as PDF downloads, though I won't link 
to them here, as I'm not 100% certain that they are legal.

-- 
Kenneth Brody

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#91054

On 7/25/16 9:36 AM, Ken Brody wrote:
> Or maybe "BASIC Computer Games: Microcomputer Edition", also by David Ahl?
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Computer-Games-Microcomputer-David/dp/0894800523
>
> Several of these are available online as PDF downloads, though I won't
> link to them here, as I'm not 100% certain that they are legal.

Ah yes, that's the one I was thinking of. I had that very long ago.

-- 
Randy Howard
(replace the obvious text in the obvious way if you wish to contact me 
directly)

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#90496

On 9 Jul 2016 11:31:13 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de wrote:

>public final class Main
>{
>  public static java.lang.String english( final int a )
>  { java.lang.String result;
>    if( a == 0 )result = "zero";
>    if( a == 1 )result = "one";
>    if( a == 2 )result = "two";
>    if( a == 3 )result = "three";
>    else        result = "four"; 
>    return result; }

         if(a==0) result= "zero";
    else if(a==1) result= "one";
    else if(a==2) result= "two";
    else if(a==3) result= "three";
    else          result= "four";

>
>  public static void print( final int a )
>  { java.lang.System.out.println( english( a )); }
>
>  public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
>  { print( 0 ); print( 1 ); print( 2 ); print( 3 ); print( 4 ); }}
>
>  Everyone said »zero, one, two, three, four«.
>
>  But it will print »four, four, four, three, four«.
>
>  One student said that it would have the presumably
>  intended effect if it would have been written as:
>
>public static java.lang.String english( final int a )
>{ java.lang.String result;
>  if( a == 0 )return "zero";
>  if( a == 1 )return "one";
>  if( a == 2 )return "two";
>  if( a == 3 )return "three";
>  else        return "four"; }
>
>  So, this might mean that, in this special case, an
>  »early return« would be more readable.
>
>  From my point of view, however, it means that both
>  »final« (i.e., »const«) and »?:« would also have 
>  helped to avoid the presumed mistake, retaining the
>  single return.

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#90137

> In structured programming you can never have the line
> 
> return EXIT_FAILURE;
> 
> You can write "return EXIT_SUCCESS" if the program has no failure modes it
> can detect, but not "return EXIT_FAILURE";

An exception to this is the UNIX program "false" (typically found
in /bin or /usr/bin).  "false" is also a builtin in some shells.
It's the opposite of the "true" command.

It is not at all uncommon for a program other than just shells to
run a (user-supplied) command line, then act on the returned status.
"make" is one of the obvious examples of this.  Having a command
that always fails is good for checking error handling, or for dealing
with hardware that hasn't arrived yet.

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#90130

Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> writes:
> In C instead of using return 0; we can write EXIT_SUCCESS; so the 
> question is:
>
> Is it
>
> EXIT_SUCCESS;
>
> or
>
> EXIT_SUCCESS();

I'm going to assume that your chosen pseudonym "Real Troll"
is accurate.

If that assumption is accurate, please go away.  If not, and if you
have a serious question, I suggest asking it using a different name.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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#91432

On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:36:03 AM UTC-5, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> writes:
<snip oddly-grammared but otherwise on-topic OP>
> 
> I'm going to assume that your chosen pseudonym "Real Troll"
> is accurate.

This was also my initial assumption, but this and the more
recent "tmain" thread give me pause.

I recall for the group that my initial pseudonym was
luserXtroll

While the 'luser' component was drawn from the Hacker's 
Dictionary crossed with Hermann Hesse, I did not fully 
appreciate the specifics of the connotations of the "troll"
appellation. I learned later the word 'troglodyte' and 
evolved the 'troll' component into 'trogg'.

> If that assumption is accurate, please go away.  If not, and if you
> have a serious question, I suggest asking it using a different name.

I second the second suggestion. I suspect the use of 'troll' here is
possibly a sort of Standard Disclaimer. Indeed the modifier 'real'
suggests to me that OP intends a more fairy-tale association to the
word. Something more like Shrek, perhaps, but "real", you know?

To OP: please consider 'troglodyte' or 'neo-luddite' or 
some such for a better reception to your material.

-- 
a fondness for goat-flesh?
a part-time tollbooth operator?
an unsuccessful car salesperson?

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#91436

On 31/07/2016 23:03, luser droog wrote:
> On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:36:03 AM UTC-5, Keith Thompson wrote:

this one works alright with EXIT_SUCCESS

> 
>
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <conio.h>
> #pragma hdrstop

> #pragma argsused
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>     char FirstName[12], LastName[12];
>     cout << "Enter First Name: "; cin >> FirstName;
>     cout << "Enter Last Name:  "; cin >> LastName;
>     clrscr();
>     cout << "Full Name: " << FirstName << " " << LastName;
>     cout << "\n\nPress any key to continue...";
>     getchar();

>     return EXIT_SUCCESS;

> }

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#91438

On Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 5:03:20 PM UTC-5, luser droog wrote:

> I recall for the group that my initial pseudonym was
> luserXtroll
> 
> While the 'luser' component was drawn from the Hacker's 
> Dictionary crossed with Hermann Hesse, I did not fully 
> appreciate the specifics of the connotations of the "troll"
> appellation. I learned later the word 'troglodyte' and 
> evolved the 'troll' component into 'trogg'.
> 

BTW, 'luser' is the surname. Like Bajoran.

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#91476

On 07/31/2016 06:03 PM, luser droog wrote:
...
> Dictionary crossed with Hermann Hesse, I did not fully 
> appreciate the specifics of the connotations of the "troll"
> appellation. I learned later the word 'troglodyte' and 
> evolved the 'troll' component into 'trogg'.

The way you worded that could be confusing to someone unsure of the
origins of the word "troll" on the internet.

The internet meaning of "troll" as a verb is #8 at
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troll#Verb>,  and I believe that it
evolved from meaning #3, rather than having anything to do with meaning
#1 at <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troll#Noun>. The internet meaning
of "troll" as a noun is #2 at
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troll#Noun_2>. The writer of that
article seems to agree, since the two internet meanings are grouped
together with the one referring to fishing, in a section separate from
the one about grotesque humanoids.

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