[A83] Re: C(++) programming

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Subject: [A83] Re: C(++) programming
From: "Andreas Winkelbauer" <mailmaster@aon.at>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:33:50 +0200
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Hi!

> main is a function just like anything else you call.

wrong, the main function is a special function. this is the point where the
processor starts to work when executing a program.

> int main();
> - that returns an integer

right.

>
> i would think that "main()" returns an error because the prototype of the
> function is not defined.
>

wrong, in ANSI C the standard type for functions is int.

> return 0;
>  - returns 0 for completed successfully
>  - if you have error handlers you might want to return something else

ok. return "codes" are a desicion of the programmer.

>  - this is typically flip flopped for unix systems

i don't think so.

> -harper

-andi

PS: correct me if i'm wrong anywhere

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[A83] C(++) programming

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[A83] Re: C(++) programming

From: "Harper Maddox" <gte172i@prism.gatech.edu>