XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 07:00:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:57:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-07, Peter Flass  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Leave it to M$ (and IBM) to screw it up. Pascal was specifically   
   >>> designed for fast one-pass compilation.   
   >>   
   >> Is that why people wrote programs bottom-up (i.e. with the main   
   >> function at the bottom to avoid forward references)?   
   >   
   > C is also like that. And C++, for all its enormous complexity in other   
   > areas, preserves the tradition.   
      
   I usually put main() at the top of the file, preceded by the   
   declarations.   
      
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