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Re:What is C in practice? by Joky on Monday June 29, 2015 @05:08PM (#9801102)
Isn't it that if you write standard compliant C code, much less compilers come into the picture ;)
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Re:What is C in practice? by pjmlp on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @02:46AM (#9803381)
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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