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Re:The cost of forsaking C by joosters on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:49AM (#12643329)
gcc is generally used as a testing ground for new C/C++ features. So in most cases, the compiler supports new features before they are 'officially released' into the language.

It's the complete opposite of waiting for a feature to appear in the compiler.

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Re:The cost of forsaking C by creshal on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:42AM (#12643683)
GCC didn't get sort-of-complete C11 features until 4.9 (2014) and still omits (largely useless) optional features.
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