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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: want to know
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Date: 28 Aug 89 21:36:20 GMT
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In article <1989Aug28.202551.9514@algor2.algorists.com> jeffrey@algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>Now bigapp.c, ut1.c, ut2.c, etc., each must have a main().  This is
>annoying for use with debuggers, cross-referencers, etc.

If your debuggers etc. are that sick, then how in the world do you cope
with using the same file-static variable and function names in different
files?  Really, I still don't see a problem with C and main().  There
may be a problem with your other software development tools, though, if
they can't handle such a simple thing.