Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 13:56:32 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Borland 16bit bcc vs cc/gcc (float) Message-ID: <199706010426.NAA11621@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1790.865112308@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "May 31, 97 01:58:28 pm"
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Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > ahhh! :) everyone says this - but exit() never returns, so main > > never returns anything, so IMHO, main should always be type void. > > Uh.. I think you're fundamentally unclear on the concept of main() if > you think exit() is the only way out. :-) ... not to mention missing the fact that Joerg was complaining about passing argc as u_char. > In fact, weren't you also the guy who was unlear on the precedence of > = vs == ? If so, I think you _really_ need to go by a C book and > do some brushing up. ;) > > I recommend Harbison & Steele. I wonder if there would be any chance of shipping K&R 2ed in soft form with the system? It's my favoured reference 8) > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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