Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 10:03:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Lars Eighner wrote:

> Your program will not compile at all without the header files
> (unless you do type in all of the declarations yourself).

This is only true in a C++ program.  C programs can be compiled and
linked without a single header, although using the headers is by all
means recommended.