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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:27:36 +0000
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On 20/03/2025 13:06, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> 

<snip>

>>
>> I'm not sure a new edition is necessary, but if it is to be
>> written it would be better served by someone like Keith or Tim,
>> both of whom have (as I have not) kept up with the million-and-one
>> changes that appear to have assailed the simple language I once
>> enjoyed.
> 
> The C99 standard has a list of 54 what it calls "major changes",
> although IMO many or most of those are fairly minor.  There are also
> other differences relative to C90, but most of them are simply
> clarifications or slight changes in wording.

Those I largely recall from discussions at the time, but I dare 
to conclude that your lack of a reference to C11, C17, and C23 
means that they had a lesser effect on the language than I'd feared.

I see now from casual research that C17 was predominantly a bug 
fix, but that C11 and C23 were somewhat busier.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
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