> But then you're no longer writing Standard C. Well, of course not - it didn't exist yet! Or, if it existed, your compiler didn't support it yet; or, even if

> But then you're no longer writing Standard C. Well, of course not - it didn't exist yet! Or, if it existed, your compiler didn't support it yet; or, even if you had upgraded to a newer compiler which did support it (not a given back then), your codebase and development style preceded the standard, so you continued in the existing style.