I'd argue it is mainly personal preference. But it goes to my point that if you stay in the middle of language features and don't use compiler language extensi

I'd argue it is mainly personal preference. But it goes to my point that if you stay in the middle of language features and don't use compiler language extensions it won't matter. When I set my projects up I generally use gcc/g++, but that in no means is the only correct way. Just a personal preference given the number of platforms that gcc supports, including embedded.