From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Reading the command line
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:26:22 -0800
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Peter Palotas wrote:

> If this is so, why doesn't the compiler generate an error for
> declaring
> main() as 'void main()'?

Are you seriously suggesting that anything you can compile with "the
compiler" (never minding that people use different compilers) without it
emitting warnings or errors is ANSI C compliant?  Think carefully before
answering.

main must return int.  There is no quibbling about it; it is clearly
specified in ANSI C section 5.1.2.2.1.

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