From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] where did "main" come from?
Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 08:00:06 +1000 [thread overview]
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After joining the Labs I mentioned to Dennis that the idea of "main" did
not appear in the semi-formal specification of C in the back of the first
edition of The C Programming Language. (It obviously appears in the front
half.) He was very surprised, but maybe it's an indication that the idea of
"main" was already part of the culture. I first encountered it in the
phrase PROCEDURE OPTIONS MAIN that begins every PL/I program. PL/I was
defined in the early 1960's.
-rob
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-22 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-22 18:43 Lawrence Stewart
2020-05-22 20:01 ` Michael Kjörling
2020-05-22 21:52 ` Clem Cole
2020-05-22 22:00 ` Rob Pike [this message]
2020-05-22 23:33 ` Toby Thain
2020-05-22 23:58 ` Win Treese
2020-05-22 22:08 ` Charles Anthony
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