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> wants to make them mandatory again What does 'mandatory' mean? Like if I write a C compiler without them... what are they going to do about it?

• mgraczyk 4y ago
  Code that complies with the standard will be rejected by your compiler. The effect would probably be that few people would use your compiler.
• Inityx 4y ago
  Most mainstream compilers aim to be standards compliant