int main(void) VS int main()

I am a c beginner, I would like to know what is the difference between int main(void) vs int main().
I have the feeling it is the same but just to make sure!!!!

i think it is the same. i would use int main() myself, since it saves 4 letters typing.

Whenever I write any function that takes on parameters I always specify 'void'. I just think it makes it obvious to the reader that the function takes no parameters. Just habit I guess.

Hi,

Though I am not very sure of this, I think the use of "void" allows certain old C compilers to handle functions that do not take any arguments. For the new ones this is redundant.

Thank you all.....

Here's an extract from the draft C99 standard:

5.1.2.2.1 Program startup
1 The function called at program startup is named main. The implementation declares no prototype for this function. It shall be defined with a return type of int and with no parameters:
int main(void) { /* ... */ }
or with two parameters (referred to here as argc and argv, though any names may be used, as they are local to the function in which they are declared):
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /* ... */ }
or equivalent; or in some other implementation-defined manner.

However, within the document some example code also uses
>int main()

Personally, I use
>int main(void)
if there are no arguments required.

babu,
in C, if u dont specify any argueemts , it means tht the function will behave normally for any type and number of arguemnts....
so if u dont want a function to accept atguemtns thn u declare its parameters as "void".

in c++ , no args means function does not take any arguemsnts.

so

void print()
{
puts("c is easy.");
}

int main()
{
print();
print(1); /* works if print is declared as void print(void) this fails to compile. */
return 0;
}