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it's an answer to the parent's claim that the "big" three compilers are gcc, clang and msvc. I guess they meant that in the sense of "the most relevant", or "t
by enriquto 6y ago
it's an answer to the parent's claim that the "big" three compilers are gcc, clang and msvc. I guess they meant that in the sense of "the most relevant", or "the most used". While microsoft's is unarguably an important C++ compiler, it's rarely used for non-legacy C code.
- pjmlp 6y agoBecause C++ compilers aren't required to be C compilers as well. However they have backtracked on their position regarding supporting C on Windows, so latest MVSC does support C11 and C17.