Can you write a c program without using main function?

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You can write a function which can be compiled but not the program. A function with a name main is called a program. Languages like php, HTML don't have a main. They are not called programs. They are just script. Interpreter has to execute them. So my conclusion is main function determines which is...
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You can write a function which can be compiled but not the program. A function with a name main is called a program. Languages like php, HTML don't have a main. They are not called programs. They are just script. Interpreter has to execute them. So my conclusion is main function determines which is a program and which is just a peice of code read less
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Yes, we can write a program without using main function in C. We can compile it but cannot execute a program without a main function. Since in C, execution of any program starts from main function. Examples of c program without a main are all the c library functions. Function printf is an...
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Yes, we can write a program without using main function in C. We can compile it but cannot execute a program without a main function. Since in C, execution of any program starts from main function. Examples of c program without a main are all the c library functions. Function printf is an example of library function which has been written and complied without using main function. To use or run such functions we write other program using main function and call those functions. Thanks Varun Dutta read less
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nope,in c there is nothing like classes,so all your declarations are done in main function,how ever you can make a resource file in c that will contain user defined functions
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