Subj : Re: Windows Procedural Programming
To   : comp.programming
From : alfps
Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 05:12 am

* Joe Butler:
> [top-posting again, quoting irrelevant material]

Please don't top-post and please don't quote irrelevant material.
Corrected.


* Joe Butler:
> 
> One minute you are saying that a Windows program does not have a WinMain
> instead of a main,

No.


> and the next you are saying that main is a requirement of
> the standard and that it must be used?

Yes.


> You seem to be confused.

Emotional.  Don't project your lack of knowledge onto other people, please.


> For GUI apps, I've always used WinMain.
> for CUI app, I've always used main.
> 
> Simple as that.

And now you have had the opportunity to learn that there are other ways, and
that what you've done is both unnecessary and non-standard.

 
> You're not actually trying to be helpful, are you.  You're just trying to be
> smart.  I've had the misfortune of working with people like you in the past.
> Sorry.

Emotional.  To learn more & work well with others, get rid of that attitude.
;-)

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