On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 02:37:54PM -0500, Todd Vierling wrote:
> : It uses return(0), when exit(0) would be the proper thing.
> Not necessarily (and I'm not trying to endorse, believe me)....
> Unless you're talking about style here, see crt0 for any *BSD architecture
> and make note of what gets called with the return value of main().  (Hint:  
> it also has an "e" and an "x" in "it".  ;)

Definitely style. Here's a gross example:

main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
if (argc)
        {
        puts(argv[0]);
        main(--argc, ++argv);
        }
        else
        {
        return(0);
        }
return(0);
}

This program is small enough to be taken in at a glance, if it weren't
however, one of those returns being an 'exit' would make it much clearer.

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