From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: void main (was Re: Begginer problems with C & DJGPP)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 14:22:44 -0500
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Ryan McGee wrote:
> 
> why is useing void main() a bad idea?  I've heard that all over the 
> place but nobody tells me why I shouldn't do that.  Does it have 
> something to do with error checking?  What's going to check the return 
> value of main?

please address basic C related questions to the appropriate groups. For
example, comp.lang.c or comp.lang.c.moderated. for an answer to your
question, see the comp.lang.c FAQ at
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/C-faq/faq/faq.html
look at questions 11.12, 11.13, 11.14, 11.15 and 11.16.

personally, i would recommend you stay away from the 'dummies' and
'idiots' books unless you really are one. 
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