Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:29:39 +0800 (GMT)
From:	Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To:	Nissim Chudnoff <nchudnof AT binx DOT mbhs DOT edu>
cc:	DJGPP Questions <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: int main()
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Nissim Chudnoff wrote:

> A while ago, there was a conversation about 'void main()' vs. 'int main()'
> and I wondered if:
> 
> void main()
> {
>    exit(1);
> }
> 
> Is the same as
> 
> int main()
> {
>    return(1);
> }


No it's not. The first method (at least, when I tested it under Linux)
would return a random, nonzero (but small magnitude) positive integer,
i.e. 2. This is normally used to signal an error condition so it's a bad
idea to declare void main().

--
Orlando Andico                           http://gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph/~orly/
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