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Re:The Ten Commandments for C Programmers (1987) by flohofwoe on Saturday May 23, 2020 @02:32PM (#23285247)
That was essentially Microsoft's advice because they didn't want to keep their C compiler uptodate:

"We recommend that C developers use the C++ compiler to compile C code (using /TP if the file is named something.c). This is the best choice for using Visual C++ to compile C code."

From: https://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-an...

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Re:The Ten Commandments for C Programmers (1987) by enriquto on Saturday May 23, 2020 @02:39PM (#23285303)
I'm going to abstain from commenting on this topic. I am not emotionally prepared.
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