Invisible wrote:
> True. But presumably if you #include a file that defines a function 
> prototype, you also need to compile and link whatever file it is that 
> contains the source code for that function?

Nope. Only if you actually call the function.  Don't confuse dependencies on 
source files with dependencies on library files.

> (Except for the OS header 
> files; I have literally *no clue* how that works...)

Exactly the same way, except the compiler by default knows where to look for 
those libraries.

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