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In article <UPMAIL04.199602192354270852@msn.com> "Eugene Lazutkin"
<INT@msn.com> writes:

|> I don't care about the actual implementation.  Virtually there is a main().
|> I know that all my static constructors will be executed BEFORE main(), 
|> WinMain() or any other head procedure.  It is important.  It doesn't make 
|> any difference for me whether or not main() is the first called subroutine.
|> In fact, in most cases it is not true.  Almost all platforms call some
|> stub before your main().

You know something that is *NOT* guaranteed by the draft standard.
There is no guarantee that static constructors are executed before main,
although in fact, this is the case for all implementations I am familiar
with, at least as long as the static variables are not in DLL's.  (And:
I've got more than a little code which depends on this.  Despite it not
being guaranteed.)
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