Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!mfg
From: mfg@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Entry as a reserved word
Summary: What's it for?
Message-ID: <4542@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Jun 90 07:58:56 GMT
Reply-To: mfg@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Gordon)
Organization: Edinburgh University Electrical Engineering
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Most compilers I have used have entry as a reserved word but I've never been
able to find anywhere that tells me what it's for. My guess would be it was
supposed to be used to mark a function as the entry point for the program
i.e.
	entry foo()
	{
		....

Was entry used in very early compilers or was it just an idea that has never
been taken up?


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