You almost have to wonder whether the past decisions to avoid this were based on the merits of the situation, or just based on the default hate of Microsoft. If

You almost have to wonder whether the past decisions to avoid this were based on the merits of the situation, or just based on the default hate of Microsoft. If it had been called "-fgnu-extensions" instead, would it have taken this long to enable? "Almost", because -std=gnu11 is already used, so the answer seems to be right there.