$1 check for first person who convinces me main can't be reserved

Henry Spencer henry at utzoo.uucp
Fri Mar 4 04:58:06 AEST 1988


> ... recent drafts
> do not say that implementers may reserve *only* those identifiers.

If you read section 1.7 very carefully and thoughtfully, you may change
your mind.  Assume your compiler reserves "xyz".  Is a program which is
otherwise "strictly conforming" rendered not so by using "xyz" for its
own purposes?  No.  Is your compiler a "conforming implementation" if it
refuses to compile that program as a result?  No.
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Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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