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Re:What happens before main() is executed in C and why is it... by bakztfutur3 on Friday May 04, 2018 @04:11PM (#16997868)
"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."
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Re:What happens before main() is executed in C and why is it... by dvirsky on Friday May 04, 2018 @04:15PM (#16997901)
It can be useful for registering things automatically, like Go's init() functions which I've used on occasion.
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