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I was compiling some C code for an assignment and I ran "make codeFile", where "codeFile" was the name of my C program, and even though I didn't have a makefile, an executable was created, and it ran and worked correctly.
Does anyone know why this worked? Why does make compile something even if I don't have a makefile? The only reference I could find was this: http://daly.axiom-developer.org/TimothyDaly_files/class5/node5.html