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        !             3: _exit()                COHERENT System Call               _exit()
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        !             8: Terminate a program
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        !            10: vvooiidd _eexxiitt(_s_t_a_t_u_s) iinntt _s_t_a_t_u_s;
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        !            12: _exit terminates  a program directly.   It returns _s_t_a_t_u_s  to the
        !            13: calling program,  and exits.   Unlike the library  function exit,
        !            14: _exit  does  not  perform  extra  termination  cleanup,  such  as
        !            15: flushing buffered files and closing open files.
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        !            17: _exit should  be used  only in situations  where you do  _n_o_t want
        !            18: buffers flushed  or files closed.   For example, you  may wish to
        !            19: call _exit if your program detects an irreparable error condition
        !            20: and you want  to ``bail out'' to keep your  data files from being
        !            21: corrupted.
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        !            23: _exit should  also be used  with programs that do  not use STDIO.
        !            24: Unlike exit, _exit does not use STDIO.  This will help you create
        !            25: programs that are extremely small when compiled.
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        !            27: ***** See Also *****
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        !            29: close(), COHERENT system calls, wait()
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        !            31: ***** Notes *****
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        !            33: If a  program leaves  main() by  an error condition,  contents of
        !            34: register AX becomes  the exit code.  Usually, these register con-
        !            35: tents are  random.  If you want to test  a program's return code,
        !            36: you must to exit or return from main().
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