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Subject: Re: [TUHS] main
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>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=E2=80=99s entry point,  but we all know what assump=
tion is...
older CC's came with the so-called startup code where one could increase th=
e number of file handle and so on before compiling and linking the resultin=
g .o to the application object files. Of course one could rename the invoca=
tion of main to something like beatles. ;-) Even M$ msc supplied the startu=
p code.


-Steve