On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:49:33AM -0600, Kartchner Val Civ OO-ALC/MASHA wrote: > We are using the Verdix Ada compiler and GNU C++ compiler to create an > executable. Each language wants to have it's "main" procedure run so that > it can control startup and initialize static and global variables. But > there can be only one main. While we can give you the information about how startup works for GNU C++ on your platform, we know nothing about how Verdix does the job, so you're going to have to get most of your answers from Verdix.