Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:59:26 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: ld (that comes with djgpp) major problems
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> ok put another way what exactly does the "entry point" mean in general -
> what enters at that point?

The entry point is merely stored in the final executable.  It is
assumed that whoever loads and runs the program will begin program
execution at that point.  Normally, that code will do some startup
stuff and call your main() function.