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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:12:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject: `void main' in Gnu packages---?!
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Why do I see something like this:

void
main (argc, argv)
     int argc;
     char **argv;

in some GNU packages (i.e., `void main' rather than `int main')?  Is it
for some obscure backwards compatibility? I didn't get any complaints
about this with my djgpp/gcc setup (but is that good or bad?, but my
Solaris box at work complains, as follows:

time.c: In function `main':
time.c:633: warning: return type of `main' is not `int'
make: *** [time.o] Error 1

Duh.  Easy to fix, but why is it `void main' in the first place?

TIA---jtw