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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Whaddaya think?
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
[...]
> The misfeature of missing return being success was, I believe, not
> intended to make programs shorter. It was intendeda to correct the
> random termination statuses of countless numbers of programs in a single
> stroke.

Agreed.

> Deliberately relying on this in a new program is like relying ona a
> diaper. If you're of intermediate age, you don't do this.

No, deliberately relying on this in a new program is like relying on a
language feature that's been clearly specified for the past quarter
century.

If I relied only on language features that I *like*, I wouldn't be able
to write much code.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */