Message-ID: <UhDXtLArwMMyEwQm@chocolat.foobar.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 02:13:15 +0100
To: kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT chocolat DOT foobar DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: HELP MEEEEEE!!!!
In-Reply-To: <9609061402.AA04554@quasar.bloomberg.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0

In message <9609061402 DOT AA04554 AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com>,
kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com writes
>   It almost always runs just 1 program, which exits catastrophically when
>   the user kills the power... now tell me again, what was the return value
>   used for?
>
>It does not matter whether the runtime startup code or OS, if there is one,
>does with the return code.  The discussion is whether it is "good C" to write
>main() as a type void function.  The definitive answer, discussed for several
>weeks just two months ago, is that the language definition REQUIRES that the
>function main() return an int, period.  End of discussion PLEASE!

You admitted lack of knowledge but posted *nonsense* anyway. Please
don't invent justifications for C rules, they aren't needed.

>May I also suggest that any future attempts to discuss this topic and several
>other religious wars be simply directed to the news archives.

May I suggest that you take the time to find out what you are talking
about before posting. (In fact, try *reading* other peoples posts and
reply to their actual content)

-- 
Paul Shirley