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[-] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 19 hours ago

It's a joke on the "main" name vs. the main() function. That's normally considered the entry point, but really _start() is the OG entry, used by the runtime to do setup before calling main().

[-] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago

I see, thanks :3

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Embedded systems engineers do it in Reset_Handler

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