Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ll-xn!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: exit(main(argc,argv,env)); Message-ID: <6851@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 16 Dec 87 20:55:01 GMT References: <10875@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 10 In article <10875@brl-adm.ARPA> ADLER1%BRANDEIS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes: >exit(main(argc,argv,env)); >which I find puzzling. I thought that one was supposed to give exit a >number for an argument. exit() takes an int argument; main() returns an int value. What don't you understand? By the way, the "env" parameter is nonstandard, although it doesn't matter on some architectures.