Re: Fw: [Dev-C++] First experience with Dev-C++

[Luigi S. <gi...@li...>]

Hello list,

Consider me as a newbie, I just know (or think to know) a few elementary 
things about C (I mean "antique" ANSI C-89).

According to two recent posts, I received from this list, the following 
code (by Jilani Khaldi) does not work:

#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   printf("Hello Dev-C++");
   return 0;
}


While the following (by Joshua Thomas) is a working version of it:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(char * argv = new char [1024], int argc)
{
   cout << "Hello Dev-C++";

   delete [] argv;

   float wait = 0;
   while (wait < 1E9) //see program notes
     wait++;

   return 0;
}

Excluding the "float wait" stuff (not required if one runs applications 
from the command line), I'm a little confused:
- is the second version written in "modern" ANSI C-98 (hope the year is 
right)?
- what need is there to include "stdlib.h"?
- is the order of the parameters correct in the first or in the second version?

I would be glad to hear a word from someone.
TIA.

At 13:06 21/01/02 -0500, Joshua Thomas wrote:
>
>  From: Joshua Thomas
>  Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:03 PM
>  To: Kevin Wood
>  Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] First experience with Dev-C++
>I agree with you on making arguments in main function for storage array a 
>bad idea. I was presenting a working code that fixed what didn't work in 
>his. If you compile the code he sent it doesn't compile without errors. 
>Using printf() is still bad style. No reason to use it except because you 
>can:) Cout does the job with less junkie looking code...
>Joshua Thomas
>

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Luigi
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