Re: c program without main( ) ?

In article <dbbuv7$6k9$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Malcolm
<regniztar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>
>"Nigel Horne" <njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>> Can we write a c code which do not contain main()
>>> I have heard that this is possible. Is it really possible?
>>
>> Yes - just write your own replacement to crtStart
>>
>Almost never will a hosted implementation initiate a program by calling
>main() directly. usually there is some housekeeping / startup code called
>first. Sometimes it is possible to override this with the C compiler,
>sometimes not.

Don't you mean freestanding?


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