could be implemented in plain C if you're careful. It's not like the other extensions like __builtin_constant_p or asm that'd leave you stuck with GNU C.
And besides, GNU C is good enough for lots of people!
Re:C as an Intermediate Language (2012)
by pcwalton on Monday May 16, 2016 @12:09AM
(#11704197)
A lot of the claimed benefits of compiling to C--compilation to embedded targets without a GCC backend, most importantly--evaporate if you only compile to GCC's dialect of C. It's another way in which compiling to C ends up worse in the long run.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Integer-Overflow-Builtins...
could be implemented in plain C if you're careful. It's not like the other extensions like __builtin_constant_p or asm that'd leave you stuck with GNU C.
And besides, GNU C is good enough for lots of people!