From: "Max Erhard" <erhard AT banstead DOT u-net DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Header Files
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The source of the built in libraries are already compiled into lib files.
You can't exactly view them, its like trying to view an executable in
notepad. The include files just tell the compiler what the functions are
called and variables they take.


Paul wrote in message ...
>I'm in a beginner's C course in High School and just started using the C
>language a couple of months ago. I've been curious to see how some of the
>built in functions of C work by loading the header files in NotePad or
>QuickView, but was shocked to see FUNCTION PROTOTYPES, with no code.
>
>Is there any way to see the code of .H files?
>
>