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Subject:	Re: problems compiling c++ in rhide
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Date:	Sun, 05 Sep 1999 03:46:01 GMT
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Damian Yerrick wrote:

> > > #include <iostream.h>
> > > void main (){
> > >     cout << "Hello World";
> > > }
> > > What did I do wrong?
> > In addition to using an illegal return type for main(), it appears
> Illegal return type? Some C/C++ programming books encourage
> a fellow to make main() a procedure. But maybe that's because I
> came from a Macintosh background, and this is DOS.

    I don't think the word "procedure" is correct for C/C++.  That's what they
call functions that don't return values in Basic/Pascal, but if something in C
has a 'void' return type, it is still a function, but that's just being picky.

    If the books encourage you to use 'void' as a return type for main, then
the books are wrong.  The ANSI C/C++ standard requires that the main function
return 'int', under all platforms including Mac's.  I used to use "void
main()" a lot in Borland C, and it didn't mind it, but it was still wrong.
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