Re: Why this works???

"Tomás Ó hÉilidhe" wrote:

gazelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenny McCormack) wrote in news:fm8ufo$hfj$1
@news.xmission.com:

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) { printf("hello, world\n"); }

I compile it with all warning turned on and it still works fine.

Forgetting for the moment that you're a troll -- a troll who's actually
not half-bad at C programming, albeit, it's a shame you don't contribute
your expertise -- we both already know why the C standard permits that
program to do whatever it likes.

I took it as an attempt at humor. Certainly we've all seen posts
like that before, along with the "English isn't my primary language"
type grammar? Rather than some "obscure" feature of C, why not ask
the same question with the quintessential C program?

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