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Subject: Re: C23 on MSVC
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On 24/01/2025 13:06, Michael S wrote:
> May be, because majority of additions to the Standard were codifying
> existing gcc practice?
> BTW, there is nothing wrong with that. In the situation where gcc team
> is the only capable team interested in further development of C
> language, it is the most logical outcome.

Yes, the main reason is that GCC actually cares about C.
MS hasn't for over 2 decades.
They just mostly stuck to C89 for their own needs (kernel, drivers...) 
with just a few proprietary MS extensions. They never cared beyond that 
and switched to C++ entirely mid-90's for all their developments (apart 
again from the very low level) even when the Windows API itself was 
still C for the most part.

> I suppose, MSVC team would appreciate addition of
> __try/__except/__finally.
> But since it didn't happen in last 31 years, it is not very likely to
> happen in the future.

Considering they are using C only for the low-level parts, shouldn't 
they embrace Rust instead, which they are promoters of? Or are they 
"promoting" it for everyone else except themselves? Not really willing 
to start a flamewar (although it can be fun with some topics), but just 
curious.