On Oct 4, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

>> __asm__ volatile ("reset")
>
> Why the heck would you want that rather than using the standard C exit
> function?
>
> "exit calls any functions registered by atexit in reverse order of  
> registration, flushes buffers, closes stream, closes any temporary  
> files created with tmpfile, and resets the processor.

Um.  Does that imply a CPU reset?  I would class "exit" as an  
operating system or runtime environment call, totally inapplicable on  
a system without an OS or runtime environment external to the  
"application" and probably not applicable to embedded systems.

BillW


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