Yes you do.
If you add declarations for function but never define them when calling them, you get a linking error because the linker is trying to find the address of your functions and generate code to call it but never finds them.
Originally Posted by Adak
io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
Originally Posted by Salem
You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.
Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.