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The kernel is still c89.

• sp332 9y ago
  I see that gnu89 is the default, to avoid compatibility problems with older code, but does that mean there is no code in the kernel which requires gnu99? I saw some work was done to make the whole kernel gnu11 compatible as well.
  • fahadkhan 9y ago
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20600497/which-c-version-is-used-in-the-linux-kernel https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20600497/which-c-version...
    • sp332 9y ago
      Right, but I was too lazy to do my own analysis and just extrapolated from that 2013 post to guess that the number is higher now.