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From: Christopher Maeda
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 03:16

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   Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 22:55:21 -0400
   From: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
   Message-Id: <9204150255.AA21925@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
   To: cmaeda@cs.cmu.edu
   Subject: Re:  __main

       Why do all C programs call __main?  The change logs seem to say __main
       is for C++ programs and shared libraries.

   Nothing to do with shared libraries, but it does have to do with C++
   The issue is that you might have a C main program calling a C++ function.

Huh?  If I'm compiling a C program (and I tell you as much, either by
naming my file foo.c or giving gcc the -x c option) why should I get a
bunch of crap for C++?

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