How does an extern “C” declaration work?

Question

I\'m taking a programming languages course and we\'re talking about the extern \"C\" declaration.

How does this declaration work at a deeper level othe

Answer 1

Here is a quote from msdn

"The extern keyword declares a variable or function and specifies that it has external linkage (its name is visible from files other than the one in which it's defined). When modifying a variable, extern specifies that the variable has static duration (it is allocated when the program begins and deallocated when the program ends). The variable or function may be defined in another source file, or later in the same file. Declarations of variables and functions at file scope are external by default."

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