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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Whaddaya think?
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:29:05 +0200
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On 16.06.2024 07:49, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>> void main (int argc, char * argv[])
> 
> *Ahem* -- int main.

Never sure about whether it was/is correct to 'void'-declare
the return value and/or the [unused] main() arguments. (I'm
still from the early C time when types were even omitted as
function return specification (presuming an implicit int or
no return), as in the K&R book. During the past decades I
tended to declare my intention by writing f(void) instead
of f() and void f() where no results are delivered. K&R at
least seems to say that 'void' can only be declared for the
return type of functions that do not return anything.

As long as my C compiler doesn't mind  'int main (void)'  or
'void main (int, char **)'  I don't care much for test code.
I'm sure this stance of mine might be considered offensive
in a 'C' NG. - Apologies! :-)

Janis