compiling on windows and linux

Question

I am new to c, and I have some been given some source code that someone else has written that was compiled on windows.

After trying to make in compile on linux I have e

Answer 1

Typedefs are definitely nicer. #defines are preprocessor macro's and can have unintended consequences, because basically the C preprocessor performs a global search-and-replace for defines. Typedefs are instructions to the compiler, and much better suited for what you want to do.