Using a main block is fine; I've seen it suggested many times by people I consider to be competent Perl programmers. Not sure why anyone should get mad at that. <br><br>Oh, wait, that's right, we're talking on the Internet... :P<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Chris Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com" target="_blank">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 01/18/2013 10:43 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
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Of course, it might have to do with geezer-coders (like me) who learned<br>
C first. You have to define a subroutine before you can use it in C. You<br>
can either write an explicit function prototype (e.g. "int<br>
my_dog_sex(char *,int);" ) before calling your function, or you can<br>
define the whole function before calling it. This makes it more<br>
convenient to put your functions above your main() call, as then you<br>
didn't have to type in or maintain prototype lines in addition to the<br>
functions themselves.<br>
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Yes. My motivation for doing the main() is because it makes it much easier to figure out where the program "starts".<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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