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Re: c99 support
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Alexander Nasonov |
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Re: c99 support |
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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:04:25 +0100 |
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Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Is there anyone who compiles Guile with a compiler that does not support
> > C99? If so, please give platform and compiler.
>
> Not really the question you asked, and pretty fuzzy, but an anecdote
> about a real situation I am aware of:
>
> In 2015--2016, there was some C code that was supposed to be very
> portable and a notion that using C99 features would not be a problem
> in any environment (as in "In 2015, it's beyond lame not to support
> C99".) It turned out that it was almost entirely no problem, except
> for one build environment that was using an old compiler, I think from
> MS. That compiler could handle almost all of C99, except mixed
> declarations and code.
"Granted, however, there is also bad news for C programmers"
https://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-and-c99/
Alex
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