Re: help w/ c/c++ problem

Keith Thompson said:

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Keith Thompson said:

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Why are you ignoring that explicit statement in the standard?

Perhaps because he realises how utterly weaselish and useless it is.

Nevertheless, it's part of the standard.

I agree, of course. Nevertheless, it's utterly weaselish and useless.

"void main(void)" is ugly and its mother dresses it funny, and I've
never claimed otherwise.

I know.

I simply take issue with Mark's statement upthread:

| Then I'm afraid that both your book and your teacher are wrong. The
| C Standard REQUIRES main to return an int.

That statement is just incorrect. I don't particularly expect Mark
ever to admit this, so I'll gladly drop this now.

Fine by me. Arguing with Mr McIntyre seems to be a waste of time[1], and
I have stopped bothering.

[1] Except that it has educational value for newbies, of course. But
other people can do that just as well as I can, and probably with a
better temper, too.

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