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From: leo@atcmp.nl (!Leo  Willems)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c,comp.std.c++
Subject: calling main in ANSI C
Keywords: main standard
Message-ID: <814@atcmpe.atcmp.nl>
Date: 2 Dec 90 13:05:46 GMT
Organization: AT Computing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The ARM (the annotated C++ reference manual), section 3.4 states:

	"The function main() may not be called from within a program."

I was looking for the same restriction in ANSI C, but could not find
any statement in the ANSI C standard (2.1.2.2.1).
Par. 2.1.2.2.3 (Program termination) states:

	"A return from the initial call to the main function...."

The word "initial" suggests (to me) that main() may be called from within the
program.

Is C++ different from ANSI C on this point?
If I didn't read the ANSI C standard careful enough, please mention
the section where I can find the information.

Thanks.

Leo
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