Can MS Visual C++ compile C code?

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Xeros606 0 Newbie Poster

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Just curious.

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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-04-14T07:55:56+00:00

Yes of course it can. Most, if not all, c++ compilers can compile C code. Just name the file with *.c extension instead of *.cpp and the compiler will treat it as C.