Do I need -pedantic flag from GCC with C11?

Question

I\'m currently running Linux Mint on my Machine with GCC-5.3 because C11 is included default.

I started learning C fo

Answer 1

You do not need the -pedantic flag. Almost nobody needs the -pedantic flag.

Pedantry - Excessive concern with minor details and rules.

-pedantic warnings can be ignored, practically by definition. The flag may be useful when writing cross-platform code but that's it.