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mpyne 38 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: C++26: Trivial infinite loops are no longer undefi...

C++ also special-cases the `main` function. Probably because `main` is the interface to the OS so it gets special language treatment.

mitxela 38 days ago [–]

In C++ you're not allowed to call main yourself, so that the compiler can call the global constructors at the start of main.

pjmlp 38 days ago | [–]

Which also exist as C extensions, in some compilers.

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