Comment by drdexebtjl

15 hours ago

C on the other hand puts an implicit `return 0` at the end, but only on the main function for some reason. Very weird.

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mpyne  13 hours ago

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

  • mitxela  11 hours 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.