The General Transformation deals with common features of C programs. Currently, we only translate away the arguments of the main function. For example, {{{ ... // declarations int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ ...//main body } ...// other code }}} After General Transformation, the code becomes: {{{ ... // declarations $input int __argc; $input char __argv[][]; void main(){ int argc = __argc; char** argv = (char**) $malloc(argc*sizeof(char*)); for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++){ argv[i] = &__argv[i][0]; } ... // main body free(argv); } ...// other code }}}