Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 13:11:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: QUESTION: General Syntax
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On 28 Feb 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> I had an old version of PCC two or three years ago before I got DJGPP.
> It used a funny syntax:
> 
> int main:
>   int argc;
>   char *argv[];
> {
>   function stuff
> }

You mean this, I suppose:

	int main (argc, argv)
	    int argc;
	    char *argv[];
	{
	  function stuff
	}

> On doing some research I learned PCC  was using the ancient K&R syntax
> from the pre-ANSI days. Needless to say GCC uses ANSI instead.

GCC also accepts the K&R syntax, unless you add both -ansi and
-pedantic options to its command line.  So the above should compile
with GCC.