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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 17:55:13 -0500
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On 5/23/2024 2:25 PM, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 22.05.2024 um 18:55 schrieb David Brown:
>> In an attempt to bring some topicality to the group, has anyone 
>> started using, or considering, C23 ?  There's quite a lot of change in 
>> it, especially compared to the minor changes in C17.
>>
>> <https://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n3220.pdf>
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C23_(C_standard_revision)>
>> <https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/23>
>>
>> I like that it tidies up a lot of old stuff - it is neater to have 
>> things like "bool", "static_assert", etc., as part of the language 
>> rather than needing a half-dozen includes for such basic stuff.
>>
>> I like that it standardises a several useful extensions that have been 
>> in gcc and clang (and possibly other compilers) for many years.
>>
>> I'm not sure it will make a big difference to my own programming - 
>> when I want "typeof" or "chk_add()", I already use them in gcc.  But 
>> for people restricted to standard C, there's more new to enjoy.  And I 
>> prefer to use standard syntax when possible.
>>
>> "constexpr" is something I think I will find helpful, in at least some 
>> circumstances.
>>
> 
> I ask myself what the point is in further developing a language
> like this that can actually no longer be saved.

There is way more code written in C than C++.  For instance, just about 
all real time systems such as device and engine management are written in C.

One of my friends writes the device code for a NAS manufacturer.  The 
code starts off with:
    while (1)
    {
       ...  a bunch of code
    }

Lynn