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> They don't have any hard time supporting C99, from Microsoft point of view C is done, time to move on to C++. If that's the case then Microsoft should get it
by geezerjay 9y ago
> They don't have any hard time supporting C99, from Microsoft point of view C is done, time to move on to C++.
If that's the case then Microsoft should get its corporate ass out of C's standardization committee. It makes no sense to waste their time forcing requirements onto a standard that they refuse to comply with.
- pjmlp 9y agoThey don't have anyone on JTC1/SC22/WG14, where did you imagine that?
- jacobush 9y agoI’m sure you won’t like this comment, but doesn’t Microsoft have a vested interest in keeping C as unchanged as possible? If C were to run away in unorthodox directions, that would hurt compatibility with C++ and hence Visual Studio. So from their perspective it may make perfect sense to stay on the committee to keep it as conservative as possible. Why voluntarily give up soft power?