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The C23 edition of Modern C

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515 points bwidlar | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.306s | source
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israrkhan ◴[16 Oct 24 03:18 UTC] No.41855279[source]▶
Most important aspect of C is its portability. From small microcontrollers to almost any computing platform. I doubt that any new version of C will see that much adoption.

If I want to live on cutting edge I would rather use C++2x or Rust rather than C.

Am I missing something? What benefit this supposedly modern C offers?

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1. pragma_x ◴[16 Oct 24 13:11 UTC] No.41858691[source]▶
I'm with you on this. The feature list reads like a subset of later C++ standards that fit within C's (deliberately) rudimentary feature set.

You could, in theory, just use C++ and be done with it. But like any C++ project you'd need a pretty strict style guide or even a linter, but this time it would have to be extra restrictive lest you slide into full C++ territory. And maybe that's a major stumbling block for some people?