So this seems to be a frequently asked question but on more complex problems. I am just starting out and am coming from a higher level language (python) and thus a bit confused as to what C++ wishes me to specify. I have 2 virtually identical functions and when I run the file it seems to just output one of them and I am not sure why not both. It seems to be something with the naming. C++ seems to want to prefer things named as main(). I feel for someone with experience this may be quite obvious and I would be thrilled to also have some more details about the goings on of C++ and how/why it determines what functions to "prefer". (I am using a VScode environment)
#include <iostream>using namespace std;int starter(){ //declaring variables int a, b; int result; // process a = 5; b = 2; a = a + 1; result = a - b; //print the result cout << result; //terminate the program return 0;}int main(){ int a = 5; //"c-like" int b (3); // "constructor" int c {1}; // "uniform" int result; //initial value undetermined result = a + b - c; cout << result; return 0;}only the "main(){}" block of code is executed