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Re:Sshole by raverbashing on Sunday November 08, 2026 @12:20PM (#50415175)
> The default assumption is "no, it completed successfully"

Correct

> so 0 (false) is the logical expected default return.

Nope

We came to expect zero because we got accustomed to it. And it is a "good enough solution" in memory constrained systems.

And note some programs attribute >0 and <0 to different types of errors

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