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David Byrden <100101.2547@compuserve.com> (02 Feb 96):

> >> It requires every program to have the main() function (which
> >> implementation is not allowed to supply) with parameters (void) or (int
> >> argc, int*argv[]). However, Windows programs have another convention:
> >> prrogram must contain the function  int WinMain
>
> I remember reading that you can write a Windows program with a main()
> function and the usual command line arguments, and then the Microsoft
> compiler will then generate WinMain somehow....but that the "operating
> system" does link to WinMain.

No, the operating system doesn't care whether there is a  
WinMain(), a main() or anything else. It just reads a  
pointer  from the exe file and calls it. This is usually the  
C/C++ statup code, which then calls WinMain() or main().
If there is a main present, the linker makes the startup  
code call it, if not the linker either sets in an own  
main(), which calls WinMain(), or another startup code,  
which calls main().

Claus

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