From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: "HELLO WORLD!" C++ Programming Error with Djgpp?
Date:	Sat, 08 Feb 1997 14:01:55 -0800
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daniel k rathjens wrote:
> [snip]

These instructions are correct, but there is something else wrong with
your program:

> : void main()

void main() is an illegal construct under C++.  main() MUST return an
integer.  Period.  The compiler should give you a warning about this if
you compile with '-Wall'.  It's also extremely bad practice in C.

What manual/teacher/person taught you to use 'void main()'?

> : C:\>gcc hello.cpp -o hello

This is an okay command line, but it's probably better to use the
following:

C:\>gxx -Wall -O -g -o hello.exe hello.cpp

Look up those various options in the gcc docs to see why they are so
useful.

Hope this helps!

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