Why is the entry point allowed to be private? [duplicate]

Question

How does this actually work? I thought Main was supposed to be "called". But how is that possible if it's marked private?

public class Program
{
    private static void Main()
    {
    }
}

Answer 1

From Jon Skeet on bytes.com:

Basically, the execution of the main method is started by special code within the CLR (or possibly code driving the CLR to start with) which doesn't need to obey the same rules.

Source

Also, there's another question that covers this topic here already.

Answer 2

Following to MSDN the Main method should not be public:

Main is declared inside a class or struct. Main must be static and it should not be public. (In the earlier example, it receives the default access of private.) The enclosing class or struct is not required to be static.