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The C23 edition of Modern C

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515 points bwidlar | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.562s | source
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ralphc ◴[15 Oct 24 18:30 UTC] No.41851601[source]▶
How does "Modern" C compare safety-wise to Rust or Zig?
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1. jandrese ◴[15 Oct 24 19:58 UTC] No.41852498[source]▶
Modern C is barely any different than older C. The language committee for C is extremely conservative, changes tend to happen only around the edges.
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2. flohofwoe ◴[16 Oct 24 11:36 UTC] No.41857923[source]▶
Except for C99 which added designated init and compound literals. With those it almost feels like a new language compared to C89 (and the C99 designated init feature is so well thought out that it still beats most similar initialization patterns in more recent languages, including C++, Rust and Zig - only Odin seems to "get it").