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From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>
Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] main
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 21:12:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2P3WV6w_wG3z6BmPr0kmPTq1xwZwE-x+MV3iprXDgG2aQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9E3618DA-1B14-4928-826F-4087F02DB783@quintile.net>

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No, it’s a FORTRAN-ism.  That allows multiple entries into a subroutine.

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 8:53 PM Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:

>
> re: main.
>
> i was surprised not to see any mention of the entry keyword reserved but,
> i believe, never used in early c. it is listed in k&r ed1.
>
> i always assumed this was to allow the author to choose an alternative to
> main() for the program’s entry point,  but we all know what assumption is...
>
> -Steve
>
>
> --
Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-25  1:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-25  0:11 Steve Simon
2020-05-25  1:12 ` Clem Cole [this message]
2020-05-25 11:37 ` Thomas Paulsen

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