Re: Best standard to use?

Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:
> On 10/6/21 05:26, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hello,
>> What is the best standard to use when programming in c? (c11, c99...)
>> Thank you for your answers!
> 
> Before i reply, i will say that I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN C PROGRAMMING, NOR 
> AM I PARTICULARLY GOOD AT GIVING ADVICE.  I'd recommend you ignore me if 
> i were you.
> 
> If you have control over the project, I would say to use C17 for 
> serious, professional projects, and C2x for anything else.  For the 
> serious, professional projects, switch to C2x once it's officially 
> released (and your compiler can fully support it).  There's no reason to 
> restrict yourself to obsolete standards, and it encourages (or at least 
> doesn't discourage) others to not upgrade away from their obsolete 
> standards (this is particularly pertinent if you're writing a library).
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