Must main return a value?

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From: Walter Murray
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 15:49

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Is the following program strictly conforming?

   int main(void) { return; }

Many people have written that the main function must return a value.
I can't find such a requirement in the Standard.  I have read 2.1.2.2.3
and 3.6.6.4.  Am I missing something?

Walter Murray

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Subject: Must main return a value?
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