EDIT: Just saw...NEVER EVER use void as return type for main.

Why? PROTIP: I use void for main() all the time.

main() is special and cannot have void as the return type.

Huh? Was that a correction or are you contradicting yourself?

void main (void) is kinda redundant since the return type is already void. () just means additional arguments and if you're not going to return anything, you wouldn't need them. But, as DCoder linked me to, main() is special and cannot have void as the return type.

Source: http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi?id=1043284376&answer=1044841143

Hi.

The shown piece of code is something any new programmer with more than 3 weeks of C experience can do.
conio(.h) isn't part of the C standard too, but fair enough.

You are a good programmer/nerd/whatever if you can say what this piece of code does, within 5 minutes:

I'm not part of Ares BTW.

EDIT: Just saw...NEVER EVER use void as return type for main.

Here, figure this out

void *__stdcall sub_420140(int a1)
{
int v1; // eax@1
int v2; // ecx@2
void *v3; // eax@5
void *v4; // ebp@5
void *v5; // ebx@6
int v6; // edi@6
signed int v7; // esi@6
int v8; // edx@7
__int16 v9; // cx@9
void *result; // eax@11
int v11; // eax@18

v1 = 0;
if ( dword_88A090 <0>> * (unsigned __int8)v7 / 32258;
if ( v8 > v6 )
LOBYTE(v = v6;
LOBYTE(v9) = 0;
++v7;
HIBYTE(v9) = v8;
*(_WORD *)v5 = v9;
v5 = (char *)v5 + 2;
}
while ( v7 <= 65535 );
}
else
{
v4 = 0;
}
if ( dword_88A090 <dword_88A088> 0
&& (unsigned __int8)(*(int (__thiscall **)(int *, int, _DWORD))(dword_88A080 + )(
&dword_88A080,
dword_88A088 + dword_88A094,
0) )
{
v11 = dword_88A090++;
*(_DWORD *)(dword_88A084 + 4 * v11) = v4;
}
++*((_DWORD *)v4 + 32769);
result = v4;
}
else
{
v2 = dword_88A084;
while ( *(_DWORD *)(*(_DWORD *)v2 + 131072) != a1 )
{
++v1;
v2 += 4;
if ( v1 >= dword_88A090 )
goto LABEL_5;
}
++*(_DWORD *)(*(_DWORD *)(dword_88A084 + 4 * v1) + 131076);
result = *(void **)(dword_88A084 + 4 * v1);
}
return result;
}
// 88A080: using guessed type int dword_88A080;
// 88A084: using guessed type int dword_88A084;
// 88A088: using guessed type int dword_88A088;
// 88A08D: using guessed type char byte_88A08D;
// 88A090: using guessed type int dword_88A090;
// 88A094: using guessed type int dword_88A094;

Na, anyway, glad to see ya learning programming Untrue. and maybe someday you can figure out WestWoods Madness Good luck to your programming future.

Both actually. I'm certified for C# so I use void main() frequently. I'm not much of a C++ guy; though I can read it and understand most of it.

This shows how professional programmer you guys are. >.<

Na, this inst the source code nor do I have it. this is just part of the code from my decompiled .exe. the source code will never, ever be distributed. Nobody will ever get a hold of it. WW/EA probably dont even have it anymore. Though I'm sure one of them was sneaky enough to make a copy of it, yet we will still never see it. From what I understand DCoder was able to decompile it far enough to understand it, but most of us arent that gifted enough to understand it like he does. You should get in touch with him. He can probably give you some good tips and show you some things. Besides I'm sure they wouldnt mind an extra hand over there.

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Here, figure this out

void *__stdcall sub_420140(int a1)
{
...
}

the source code will never, ever be distributed. Nobody will ever get a hold of it. WW/EA probably dont even have it anymore. Though I'm sure one of them was sneaky enough to make a copy of it, yet we will still never see it. From what I understand DCoder was able to decompile it far enough to understand it, but most of us arent that gifted enough to understand it like he does.