What should we use main() or void main() or int main() ?

These two can be allowed by some compiler, but does not a standard. In both language C and C++, there is standard for it.

In case ‘main()’ or ‘void main()’ :
We can ignore return type only if a systems that does not provide such a facility.
But, if system provide return type facility then there can be error in use only ‘main()’, because the return type of main() is missing.

main() { /* ... */ }

Or, using of ‘void main()’ is also legally not allowed in in either C or C++.

void main() { /* ... */ }

C and C++ standard :
In both language C and C++, there is standard for it. You may refer the ISO C++ standard 3.6.1[2] or the ISO C standard 5.1.2.2.1
That’s why people should avoid to use only ‘main()’ or ‘void main()’.

It is suggested to use, in C :

int main() { /* ... */ }

And in C++ :

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { /* ... */ }

There can be more versions of main() but they must all have return type int. ‘main()’ returns a value to “the system”.

Example:
In C++, main() need not contain an explicit return statement. In that case, the value returned is 0, meaning successful execution.

#include<iostream>
int main()
  {
    std::cout << "This program returns the integer value 0\n";
  }

Note :
Note also that neither ISO C++ nor C99 allows you to leave the type out of a declaration.
That is, in contrast to C89 and ARM C++ ,”int” is not assumed where a type is missing in a declaration.

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