From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: problems with void main(...)
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 17:11:04 -0700
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Chris Croughton wrote:

> Where in the ANSI C standard does it say that main
> must have type 'int'?  I can't find it.
> 
> It may say so in the DRAFT C++ standard, but that is
> not yet approved as far as I am aware.
> 
> Please quote the section, because I don't believe that
> it was put into the ANSI C standard.

This is periodically posted, and is in the comp.lang.c FAQ.  The section
is ANSI C 5.1.2.2.1:

    The function called at program startup is named main. . . . It can be
    defined with no parameters:

        int main(void) { /* ... */ }

    or with two parameters . . .:

        int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /* ... */ }

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