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On 06/04/2025 22:48, Michael S wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:14:19 -0700
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> My impression was that "defer", or something very much like it, is
>> being considered for inclusion in a future C standard.  Isn't it the
>> case that Jens Gustedt is now the head of the C standard committee?
>> Of course I might be wrong about that, but that's what I thought
>> (and probably will still think unless and until I hear otherwise).
> 
> It seems, The WG14 Committee has no head. They have Convener (Robert
> Seacord) but that is probably not the same.
> Jens Gustedt appears to be one of the most active members.
> 
> https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/
> 

He is certainly one of the more visible and energetic members - he wants 
to drive C forward with new ideas and new ways of coding, and is behind 
a fair number of the more interesting proposals (as distinct from the 
useful, but unexciting bug-fixes to the standard).  He also discusses 
the ideas and the new C features regularly on his blog.

Of course major changes to C, such as a "defer" mechanism, are highly 
controversial.

The C standards committee doesn't have a leader.  Jens Gustedt is the 
leader they don't have.  (Paraphrased from Terry Pratchet.)