Is it possible to write in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 in C without C++?

Question

C++ / C#

A console program is required in plain C (C), can I write in Visual Studio? Is there any special meaning in the .cpp extensions before .c, since Visual Studio only generates .cpp? Or have I misunderstood something?

Answer 1

1. It is the extension *.c that should be
2. In the project settings, you can set how to compile (default / C ++ / C)

Answer 2

How to create a project in Visual Studio in C and print the result to the console?

Answer 3

It is possible, there is a difference during compilation, it is easy to check, for example, the bool type is not in C, and Visual Studio only generates C ++ projects because there is no point in limiting yourself to C.

Answer 4

There is a corresponding parameter in the project settings: С/С++ -> Advanced -> Compile As (compiler parameters /TP or /TC).