Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:53:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Thomas Nyberg <thomas DOT nyberg AT usa DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: What does __main do???
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On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Thomas Nyberg wrote:

> When you compile with asm-output ex. gcc -S test.c you there's a call to a
> function called ___main (or__main), my question is: what does it do?

It calls static constructors, which are constructors for static C++ 
objects, and any functions that were declared with 
__attribute__((constructor)).