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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by pantaloony on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:49PM (#23908446)
My immediate reaction was “it does—but it’s in the interpreter so of course you don’t have to write it”.
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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by marcosdumay on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @01:25PM (#23908807)
And you can perfectly well compile them and keep that same behavior.

C's entry point is in the runtime too, it's not your main function (but yeah, the optimizer will probably inline your main). At the end of the day, there's no real difference between compiled and interpreted languages, all the difference is on the toolset.

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