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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct _Node {
    int value;
    struct _Node* next; // RIGHT
    // Node* next;      // WRONG!!! gcc doesn't know what 'Node' means yet.
} Node;

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {  // VERSION 2 - start with empty list
    // EMPTY LIST -- just a Node* variable set to NULL
    Node* head = NULL;  // perfectly valid linked list of size 0
    Node* curr = head;  // perfectly valid linked list of size 0

    // Initialize head
    curr = malloc(sizeof(*head));
    curr -> value = 2;

    // Second node
    curr -> next = malloc(sizeof(*curr -> next));
    curr = curr -> next; // curr is the address of the 2nd node
    curr -> value = 6;

    // Third node (tail in this case)
    curr -> next = malloc(sizeof(*curr -> next));
    curr = curr -> next; // curr is the address of the 3nd node  (the tail)
    curr -> value = 4;
    
    // IMPORTANT:  Terminate your list:  tail -> next = NULL;
    curr -> next = NULL;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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