From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ (was Re: My second function doesn't work (stupid newbie question))
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:11:15 -0400
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Art S. Kagel wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 22 Jun 1997 dabrownz AT mindspring DOT com wrote:
> 
> > float main()
> > {
> 
> I do not see anything wrong with the second function either, the exact
> error message might help here.   However, main() CANNOT BE DECLARED
> ANYTHING OTHER THAN:

his _other_ problem was that he wasn't using * for multiplication, he
had written something like s(s-a) to mean s*(s-a).

for people like these sorts of problems, i recommend, in addition to the
c and c++ faqs, the newsgroup

news:alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++
-- 
   Sinan
 
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