From -6579839201806719503 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,314ebdf2ff957e27 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-11 11:50:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!195.40.4.120.MISMATCH!easynet-quince!easynet.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: francis.glassborow@ntlworld.com (Francis Glassborow) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Why int main()? Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:50:42 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Lines: 22 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1050087042 29419 10.0.0.1 (11 Apr 2003 18:50:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:50:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1943bk-0007eM-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:50:41 +0000 X-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id EAA22209; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 04:50:38 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-User-Agent: Turnpike/6.02-U () X-Spamscanner: mailbox4.ucsd.edu (v1.2 Mar 17 2003 15:04:36, -0.1/5.0 2.43) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.7 74922 h3BIYjbn084783 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.6 required=5.0 tests=NOSPAM_INC,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT version=2.41 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:18739 In article , Huw Ford writes >A lot of compilers will accept "void main()" so why must main return an int? Because Standards are about portability. It is easy for a system to ignore a return value when it does not need one, it is much harder to create one where it is needed and none has been provided. -- ACCU Spring Conference 2003 April 2-5 The Conference you cannot afford to miss Check the details: http://www.accuconference.co.uk/ Francis Glassborow ACCU --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]