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		joshguthrie on Nov 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Where to begin when learning C? Start by making lo... Regarding that: >an empty file is not a valid C program, and the compiler will not hesitate to tell that to you with a big, fat error message. Didn't someone win a IOCCC some years ago by providing an empty file that got compiled successfully?

mtdewcmu on Nov 16, 2013 [–]

Well, compiling an empty file is a piece of cake. An empty file is valid C, just not a complete program.

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