From: "Wayne" To: Subject: newbie here having trouble saying hello Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:21:44 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal The problem you are having is a common problem, and it stems from the fact that C++ compilers were around before there was a standard. When the standard did comeout in late 1998, it called for a header notation that was different than what had been used in the C world and previous to the standard in the C++ world. C++ compilers are getting closer to the standard, so you see the waning you see. This link will give you some more insight into standard header notation: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/ansi/hfiles.html And of course you know about the requirement that main must return an integer. Hope this babbling helps, Wayne