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|    tTh to sjack    |
|    Re: toad (figforth) ipc demo    |
|    22 Dec 25 13:25:30    |
      From: tth@none.invalid              On 12/21/25 20:07, sjack wrote:              > :) : ":" is bash command to do nothing so can act as comment               No. The command ':' is the same as the 'true' command.        ':' have an exit status, so a comment who change an exit        status is just evil.              tth@linda:~/ $ false ; echo $?       1       tth@linda:~/ $ true ; echo $?       0       tth@linda:~/ $ false ; : foo ; echo $?       0              --       ** **       * tTh des Bourtoulots *       * http://maison.tth.netlib.re/ *       ** **              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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