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Program without main()

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C program without main function ?

Can we write a c program without main() which can run and execute?

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No, you can not. You can write a library that will be used from another program. But everything must have a beginning, and 'main' is the beginning of a C program...

(On Windows, the Win32 API specifies a WinMain, but it's the same thing, with a different name.)

florin  2010-10-05 13:40:19
That only holds true for hosted implementations; a freestanding implementation can use an entry point other than `main`. See 5.1.2.1, paragraph 1.
John Bode  2010-10-05 13:47:37
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No, without the main method, the linker will not know where the start of the data segment in the program will start.

The Elite Gentleman  2010-10-05 13:42:58

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