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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Hex string literals (was Re: C23 thoughts and opinions)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:13:00 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:49:24 +0200, David Brown wrote:

> On 19/06/2024 09:25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:54:15 +0200, David Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> ... C++ could not use underscores due to their use in user-defined
>>> literals, and C followed C++.
>> 
>> C can still offer the option for them, though.
> 
> Sometimes it makes sense for C to do the same thing in a different way
> from C++ - but it is rare, and needs very strong justification.

The fact that it is something of a de-facto standard among other popular 
languages would count.

Is C doomed to remain forever a strict subset of C++?