Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: want to know Message-ID: <10781@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 19 Aug 89 05:10:15 GMT References: <8487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <2980@solo9.cs.vu.nl> <182@sunquest.UUCP> <14269@haddock.ima.isc.com> <1496@l.cc.purdue.edu> <1701@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <2538@trantor.harris-atd.com> <10760@smoke.BRL.MIL> <2563@trantor.harris-atd.com> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 7 In article <2563@trantor.harris-atd.com> bbadger@x102c.harris-atd.com (Badger BA 64810) writes: >The use of ``main()'' as an entry point **in the higher-level language** >is a slightly annoying quirk. It can be programmed around, but its a bother. I think this is another instance of fighting the language instead of working with it. I've never felt the need to "program around" C's use of main() as the entry point for (hosted) programs.