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Re: Can main() be called by itself?

From Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Can main() be called by itself?
Date 2015-08-14 14:19 +0200
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 07:54:33 -0400
James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> wrote:

> On 08/14/2015 07:04 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> > Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> >> Right, but an implementation can define others, so there is no
> >> reason to reject the question on this basis.  (I know you are not
> >> doing that.  I'm just clearing up a detail.)
> > 
> >   In C, main may call itself. In C++, this has been forbidden.
> 
> In C++, the rule is more general: no part of your program can call
> main(). In C, any part can.

Hm that has implication of how CRT initializes. In C main has to be
ordinary function, while in C++ main can perform run time initialization
of program.

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Can main() be called by itself? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 16:51 -0700
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-14 01:58 +0200
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-13 23:32 -0400
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-14 11:14 -0700
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-08-13 22:14 -0600
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-14 11:15 -0700
  Re: Can main() be called by itself? gordonb.mj8yu@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-08-14 01:52 -0500
    Re: Can main() be called by itself? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-14 11:46 +0100
      Re: Can main() be called by itself? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-14 07:54 -0400
        Re: Can main() be called by itself? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-14 14:19 +0200
          Re: Can main() be called by itself? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-08-14 14:50 +0200
            Re: Can main() be called by itself? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-08-16 10:39 -0700
      Re: Can main() be called by itself? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-08-14 12:32 +0000

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