In article <01bd23be$33c440e0$480b48a6@aptiva> "Don R. O'Brien" <drobri@ibm.net> writes:
>I have a question for the group.  Does "main()" always return an int ?  In
>Microsoft Visual C++ "main()" is allowed to return void.  Some books on C++
>programming also use the "void main()" function definition.  Solaris C++
>and Borland C++ 5.0 seem only to mention the "int main()" function
>definition.  The ARM book also only mentions the "int main()" function
>definition.
>
>So what does the new C++ standard say?  How is "main()" defined ?

Many compilers will allow other return types, most namely void,
but main() is supposed to return int.

- Greg
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