It reminds me that, a few months ago, I wanted to write an "Hello world" program in C. It took me three compiles before executing it. The successive attempts were: 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
  printf "Hello world\n"
}

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Oops, forgot that you need a semi-colon, even if followed by a closing brace. 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
  printf "Hello world\n";
}

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What's wrong now? (time passes...) Ah yes, you need parentheses. 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
  printf("Hello world\n");
}

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Yeah, it works!

In reply to Re: Perl and C don't always mix well by Sweeper
in thread Perl and C don't always mix well by FoxtrotUniform

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