Three parameter mains are not ANSI C. It's an extension that most compilers 
support.  

BTW, you're  better off whining over on MVS-OE. The C compile devs hang out on 
that list. 

> On 18 Sep 2014, at 4:29 am, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> OK, I've run across yet another thing to "whine" about. The IBM C
> compiler, tested on z/OS 2.1, does not support a "three parameter"
> main() function. What I mean is that
> 
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) works properly, but
> int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *env[]) does not initialize the
> env parameter properly. Oh, it has "something" in it. But not anything
> useful. I checked the UNIX documentation on exec() and _it_ supports
> sending the environment array pointer. Seems really weird to me.
> Luckily, I can easily scan the environment via the extern char
> **environ variable which is properly initialized. I am quite
> disappointed with IBM. On the plus side, the generated code looks
> pretty good.
> 
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> 
> Maranatha! <><
> John McKown
> 
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