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		Joky on June 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is C in practice? Isn't it that if you write standard compliant C code, much less compilers come into the picture ;)

pjmlp on June 30, 2015 [–]

No, there is C89, C99 and C11.

What reduces the set of compilers is the reliance on compiler specific behaviours or recently approved standards, when compilers are still catching up.

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