[Bug-wget] C99 vs C89

[Daniel Stenberg]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:

> Let's be realistic, is there any platform/system (with more than 3
> users) where C99 is a problem?

What parts of C99 are that attractive that you really need to use them and 
give up C89 compliance?

I author and maintain several C libraries and tools and I know for sure that I 
am not even close to go C99 with them for the following reasons:

1. C99 doesn't add anything I've found really necessary for these projects. Ie
   it has been trivial or easy to remain C89 compliant.

2. Lots of older/legacy systems come with pre-C99 compilers, and forcing these
   users to upgrade compiler first is not on my agenda.

3. Visual Studio is more or less a defacto compiler to many windows users and
   it doesn't support C99

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