Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 11:18:22 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: Leonard@pacbell.net (Leonard Chung) Cc: j@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: void main Message-ID: <199609051818.LAA09561@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960905055112.00682a34@pacbell.net> from "Leonard Chung" at Sep 4, 96 10:51:12 pm
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> >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. A hosted program must return a status code to the environment which is hosting it. A freestanding program never exits, and therefore is not required to obey the status-code protocol. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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