Except for C99 which added designated init and compound literals. With those it almost feels like a new language compared to C89 (and the C99 designated init fe

Except for C99 which added designated init and compound literals. With those it almost feels like a new language compared to C89 (and the C99 designated init feature is so well thought out that it still beats most similar initialization patterns in more recent languages, including C++, Rust and Zig - only Odin seems to "get it").