Re: help w/ c/c++ problem

"J. J. Farrell" wrote:
On Jul 6, 10:42 am, Keith Thompson <k...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

It's interesting that we don't get nearly as many newbies
thinking the envp parameter is standard as we get thinking
'void main(void)' is standard.

Not really; isn't that simply down to the number of C textbooks
which explicitly say that defining main as void is fine? I don't
think many of them mention the environment extension.

If a so-called "C textbook" says "void main()" is valid and
portable, it isn't a C textbook. It may be a nearly-C textbook.
Unload it for something like K&R II.

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