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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GCC > MSVC (was Re: Looks like I have to retroactively shut down
 that lying shithead Feeb)
Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 00:53:12 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 24 May 2024 10:50:50 -0400, DFS wrote:

> *  The C99 standard was adopted in March 2000, so GuhNoo GCC couldn't
>    have conformed to it in 1999.

It is quite common for open standards to tested in working implementations 
before they are officially finalized. I think GCC is often a testbed for 
this sort of thing.

> *  Support for C99 was substantially complete in Visual Studio 2013

Just two years after C11 was finalized. Aren’t you proud of yourself?