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   If, like in your case, start up code is borrowed from Microsoft, then   
   such command line is interpreted as (argc = 1; argv[0] = ""; argv[1] =   
   NULL). I would guess that any start up code that is based on   
   CommandLineToArgvW() syscall will deliver the same result.   
   Of course, there are other possible choices as well. As mentioned up   
   thread, as far as C Standard is concerned, argc=0 is also legal. But   
   not using Microsoft's utilities sounds like plenty of extra work for   
   non-obvious gain.   
      
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