Re: Using gcc

[Claudio Bley <bley@mail.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>]

>>>>> " " == charles scott <cpscott@nsu.edu> writes:

     > Hello, I am new to GNU CC and I have version gcc 3.0.1 running on
     > Solaris 8.  The package seemed to install okay and I added the
     > /usr/local/bin directory to my path however, when I compile my c++
     > program it returns the following message:

     >                     `main' must return `int'

     > Here is the code.

     > #include <iostream.h>

     > void main() 
     > { 
     >      long number = 0; 
     >      cout << "This is a test. "  << number << endl;
     > }

     > Is there a place where I get some sample c++ code that will compile
     > to test my install?

     > Thanks for your assistance.

Just do what the compiler suggests/dictates!

#include <iostream>           /* include C++ header files without .h */

int main ()                   /* `main' must return `int' !! */
{
    using namespace std;      /* cout is declared in namespace std */

    long number = 0;
    cout << "This is a test. "  << number << endl;

    return 0;
}


Claudio