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From: rgilbert@orl.mmc.com (Bob Gilbert)
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Subject: Re: Main (function) program with exit(stat
Date: 23 Sep 1994 14:35:07 GMT
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In article mad@info.epfl.ch, weber@lglsun.epfl.ch (Mats Weber) writes:
->Was it ever considered that a task should be the main program instead
->of a subprogram ?
->
->I think that this would be more logical and would avoid that hidden
->environment task calling the main subprogram.
->
->Of course, this would make it more difficult for compilers to know
->whether or not the tasking kernel must be linked in.

I beleive that some compiler's do treat the main program like a task.
I rather like the idea.

-Bob