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|    Ron AARON to Anthony Howe    |
|    Re: bye with exit status    |
|    08 Nov 24 09:08:29    |
      From: clf@8th-dev.com              8th uses the word "die", e.g. 1 die       The word "bye" is 0 die.              On 07/11/2024 20:50, Anthony Howe wrote:       > On 2024-11-07 06:56, Ruvim wrote:       >> I would like to find a more appropriate name for this word than "bye-       >> status".       >       > (bye) ( u -- )       >       > Seems apropos, short, to the point and indicative of an internal word.       > Default can be defined to return to the host OS with an exit status `u`,       > but maybe be replaced in (unhosted) environments to perform some sort of       > system reset, power cycle, or other implementation defined system reset.       >       >> `terminate` is a good candidate, but it's unclear what it should       >> terminate — a thread/task, or a process, or the own process, or the       >> own thread.       >       > TERMINATE could have the same meaning as SIGTERM *:       >       > SIGTERM (Terminated)       > This signal is the default signal sent by kill(1) and       > represents a       > user or administrator request that a program shut down       > [normally].       >       > * Other signals result in abnormal termination.       >       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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