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In article <311417C8.4016@suphys.physics.su.oz.au> John Max Skaller
<maxtal@suphys.physics.su.oz.au> writes:

> James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/141 #40763 wrote:
> > I believe that the simple answer is that Windows programs operate in a
> > unhosted environment.  
> 
> 	This is a clear condemnation of the Standard,
> Windows is obviously a hosting operating system.

Not necessarily in terms of the standard.  The standard defines what a
hosted environment must provide.  If Windows doesn't provide it, then it
is not a hosted environment.

> > |> But if a compiler does not accept
> > 
> > |>      int main() { return 0; }
> > 
> > |> as a complete program, then that compiler is not a conforming C or C++
> > |> implementation.

> This is the crux of the problem. More important, when I
> try to use "cout" the program won't link.

An unhosted environment does not have to provide cout.  I suspect that
most won't.

If there is not a way to get the above program to compile, link and
execute, however, then I will have to take back my defense of Microsoft
in previous postings.  I find this hard to believe, however.
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