From:	Ryan McGee <rdm AT IHateSpam DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Begginer problems with C & DJGPP
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 1997 10:43:09 -0600
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why is useing void main() a bad idea?  I've heard that all over the place
but nobody tells me why I shouldn't do that.  Does it have something to do
with error checking?  What's going to check the return value of main?

Ryan
rdm AT inlink DOT com


> _C for Dummies_ is not the greatest of tutorials; I read the first book
> as a lark and was not impressed.  While it may provide a relatively
> painless introduction to C, it glosses over a great many rules in the
> process.  One of my biggest pet peeves about _C for Dummies_ is that it
> advocates the use of 'void main()' without telling readers that it's a
> bad idea.
>
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