Comment by rurban Comment by rurban 3 days ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News It's only Microsoft's fault to have not implemented it for decades in MSVC. They stayed at C89 forever.
Copy Link flykespice 3 days ago Collapse Comment - I never understand the reason why Microsoft lagged so much behind on newer c standards adoption. Did their compiler infrastructure made it difficult to adopt newer standards flexible? Or they simply did not care? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link rurban 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - They focused on C++ only. Management, not their devs. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link rurban 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - They focused on C++ only. Management, not their devs. Reply View | 0 replies
I never understand the reason why Microsoft lagged so much behind on newer c standards adoption. Did their compiler infrastructure made it difficult to adopt newer standards flexible? Or they simply did not care?