From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 4 22:48:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA23478 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 22:48:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PACBELL.net (chumash.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA23473 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 22:48:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leonards486 (ppp-206-170-1-76.snfc21.pacbell.net [206.170.1.76]) by PACBELL.net (8.7.5/8.7.1) with SMTP id WAA15446; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 22:48:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19960905055112.00682a34@pacbell.net> X-Sender: Leonard@pacbell.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 22:51:12 -0700 To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de From: Leonard Chung Subject: Re: void main Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Um, so what exactly is wrong with void main, other than that you don't >> happen to like it? > >It violates ANSI when used in a hosted environment. What's the difference between a freestanding and hosted environment? From the wording, I think I have a general idea, but I'm not completely definate. Leonard -- Leonard Chung Support the Blue Ribbon Campaign for free speech online () http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html /\ "Those who will not reason perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason." - W. H. Auden