i''m using Dev-C++ 4.9.5.0 to compile the above code but i doesn''t compile at all but by compiling it under VC it works. After i change the void main() {} -> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {return 0;} it compiles, from what i know, Dev-C++ is the most compliant to C++ compiler in the market, so is it a requirement for us to explicitly code the two parameters in main() to compile the program, does the two parameters a standard of C++?

The problem is the void return of main, it''s not standard.
The standard only allows two forms of "main":

int main(void);

or

int main(int argc, char *argv[]);


Kami no Itte ga ore ni zettai naru!

thanks man, this really helps

<nitpicking>
Technically the standard allows more forms of main than that, but all forms should have an int return-type.
</nitpicking>

-Neophyte

just do whatever compiles for the main and forgetaboutit, useful command line parameters in games are few and far

Most of the time the IDE writes it for you anyway

Wha? You don''t have to have a ''return'' statement in main()???

I feel so stupid.