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That's good and all, but we all explicitly pass
-std=gnu99(or-std=c99if you don't care about MSYS2 compat) in our build scripts buddy 😉Okay, maybe not all all. But you get the idea.
Are there any relevant projects who use the increasingly C++-infested newer versions of the language?
Newer than C99? Both the Linux kernel and systemd build with gnu11. I'd call those pretty relevant.
C23 is still far too new (still a draft) for any major projects that care about compiler compatibility.
I'm not a C programmer, but looking at the changes and improvements, there are lot of good advancements I would not want to miss out on: C11 (C17 just fixes a few little issues from C11) > C23
Stuff like Multi-threading support, Improved Unicode support, Add memccpy() and whats so bad about Various syntax changes improve compatibility with C++? C doesn't exist in a vacuum. If you don't want learn the new changes or do not want rely on it because of compatibility reasons, I can understand. But why would you not use newer C versions, if there is no compatibility with older version "required"?
Who stopped using pthreads/windows threads for this?
Those who care use icu anyway.
First of all, 😄.
Secondly, it's a library feature, not a language one.
Thirdly, it existed forever in POSIX.
And lastly, good bait 😄.
It's bad because compiler implementations keep adding warnings and enabling them by default about completely valid usage that got "deprecated" or "removed" in "future versions of C" I will never use or give a fuck about. So my CI runs which all minimally have
-Wall -Werrorcan fail with a compiler upgrade for absolutely irrelevant stuff to me. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't even know about these changes' existence, because I have zero interest in them.Those who like C++ should use C++ anyway. They can use the C+classes style if they like (spoiler alert: they already do).
Because C doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and Rust exists. Other choices exist too for those who don't like Rust.
My C projects are mature and have been in production for a long time. They are mostly maintenance only, with new minor features added not so often, and only after careful consideration.
^Still^ ^interested^ ^in^ ^knowing^ ^what^ ^relevant^ ^projects^ ^will^ ^be^ ^using^ ^C23.^