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I mean, returning non-zero exit status on error is just good practice. It even managed to evaluate to the same numerical value as
EXIT_FAILUREwhen I tested it on my machine (gcc 11.4.0 linux x86-64), although I'm not sure if that's always the case or if it's undefined behavior.This cursed code is quite well-written.
!0 is defined as 1, that’s how argv [ no cap ] works, that and the ridiculous argc check stood out as a bit off, but works