On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:26:42AM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 21 July 2016 at 04:05, Oliver Kullmann wrote: > > Hello, > > > > a C++ compiler is not required to recognise "main(void)": > > That's incorrect. > > Although I consider (void) parameter lists to be an abomination in > C++, "int main(void)" has exactly the same type as "int main()" which > is one of the types that all implementations must support. Where did you get this? The Standard Subsection 3.6.1 says All implementations shall allow both of the following definitions of main: int main() and int main(int argc char* argv[]) That's it! Oliver