alt Hacker NewsI think the definition of "valid" may differ. Is this a standard conforming C program? No. Did you use implementation details of your platform to create a program that loads and runs correctly? Sure.
Most interesting C programs violate the standard in some way though.
>Most interesting C programs violate the standard in some way though.
Wow, who counted them and decided what is or isn't interesting? And would the interesting programs still be interesting if they didn't violate the standard?