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Re:What happens before main() is executed in C and why is it... by Vogtinator on Saturday May 05, 2018 @08:55AM (#17001607)
Because you need a syscall to exit the process.
Re:What happens before main() is executed in C and why is it... by saagarjha on Saturday May 05, 2018 @07:54PM (#17004534)
Is that not what this part of the code does?

  movl $1,%eax
  int $0x80