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# In article <10770 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
# >Speak for yourself.  The C compiler I use at home processes the main()
# >pseudo-function differently from other functions, and in general any
# >Standard-conforming implementation is going to have to give some degree
# >of special treatment to main(), since it doesn't follow quite the same
# >rules as normal C functions.

I'm curious.  What does your C compiler at home do differently with main()
and why is it a "pseudo-function"?
What different rules does it follow?

Jeff "Out-of-touch-with-standards-but-it-didn't-use-to-be-that-way" Barber