(* func)(fred, bert)
mac at ardent.com
mac at ardent.com
Wed Nov 22 05:38:42 AEST 1989
> In article <1989Nov21.015949.18974 at sq.sq.com> lee at sq.sq.com (Liam
> R. E. Quin) writes:
Kushmer>VMS also complains when main() returns a non-odd value.
Lee> Please explain -- in what way is a non-odd value different from an even
Lee> value?
Lee>
Lee> Can main() return 0 (which is certainly not an odd number) safely?
Lee>
Lee> I am concerned about portaility. Or did I miss a ":-)"?
Lee>
In VMS, i believe, odd means ok, even means error. Hence c
programs that return or exit 0 will be viewed by DCL as exiting with
an error.
Disclaimer: My VMS memory is very fuzzy...
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Michael McNamara (St)ardent, Inc. mac at ardent.com
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