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   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl to achowe@snert.com   
   Re: bye with exit status   
   08 Nov 24 18:54:55   
   
   In article ,   
   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.   
      
   I agree that it is the politically correct definition.   
   However the question was, is it worth it to standardise.   
   The answer is of course: no.   
      
   >   
   >> `terminate` is a good candidate, but it's unclear what it should terminate   
   â€” 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.   
   >   
   >   
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