What's wrong ?

Hello.
I just copied this code from my book with no modification :

#include <stdio.h>
/* count characters in input; 1st version */
main()
{
long nc;

nc = 0;
while (getchar() != EOF)
++nc;
printf("%ld\n", nc);
}

There is no output, and no completion either. I tried adding a "printf" at
the end of the code, but it doesn't display.

i'm using MinGW developer studio with windows XP home.

Thanks in advance.
Daniel


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