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Re: __main undefined symbol

 In message <38A07318.EA467014@haulpak.com>you write:
 
  > > You have to remember that GCC supports M different cpus and several file
  > > formats, ALL of which have their own way of doing things and ALL of which
  >  GCC
  > > has to do correctly for their respective environments.
  > 
  > Which is why ELF (from what little I know about it) will save us all--- exc
  > ept in
  > my world, where SREC and other binary-oriented formats are king.
  > 
  > This is also why GCC shouldn't even *try* to do startup-specific stuff like
  > calling _main.  That's crt0's job.
But for a significant number of the platforms GCC supports we do not have
control over what happens in crt0.

jeff


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