From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: QUESTION: General Syntax
Date: 28 Feb 1997 03:33:41 GMT
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I had an old version of PCC two or three years ago before I got DJGPP.
It used a funny syntax:

int main:
  int argc;
  char *argv[];
{
  function stuff
}

On doing some research I learned PCC  was using the ancient K&R syntax
from the pre-ANSI days. Needless to say GCC uses ANSI instead.


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Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh