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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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