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1. #BEST IDE FOR C ON WINDOWS WITH C99 COMPILER HOW TO#
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#BEST IDE FOR C ON WINDOWS WITH C99 COMPILER CODE#

While this absolutely does not matter if you are only choosing C99 out of a personal language preference, it is relevant if you are choosing it for commercial products looking for long-term support, compiler options, optimized code and binary compatibility.Ĭ99 is actually worse than a zero-gain standard, it is a net loss because by choosing C99 over C89 you give up: near C++ compatibility, best optimizing compilers, most complete platform support (embedded), by far the greatest reaching interface and binary compatibility in the world (C 89 libraries can be directly consumend by EVERY important language in the world, C99 libraries cannot be directly imported by hardly any langauge at all).

In recent years GCC has begun to catch up, but I have not seen a benchmark showing them leading yet. Traditionally VC++ has generated far more efficient code than most vendors, and Intel C++ more efficient code than VC++. I would include Borland, XCode, and Metrowerks in the list of non C99 compiler vendors, but those are not chosen for their output code efficiency, so you could still choose to use the GCC backendfor code output. because the only major compiler vendor to support it is GCC, which eliminates the 2 most popular and powerful x86 optimizing compilers (Intel C++ and VC++). I'm all for people who want to use C or the C subset of C++, but from what I can see C99 is a completely niche product. Besides, your post has nothing to do with his question. The current MSVC++ has zero support for - as hard as it may be for you to believe, some people actually do prefer C over C++. But if you need compatibility across different compilers, then you have no choice but to stick with the older one. If GCC works for you, I'd suggest going with the newer standard. My current codebase won't compile without -std=c99 on the command line. MingW on Windows is a bit behind the main distribution, but it hasn't hurt me yet.

I don't at this point, so it suits me fine. Even though it's not 100% complete, that is only an issue if you need 100% of the standard. Does anybody know when and if c99 will be supported or is it best to stick with c90 coding?

#BEST IDE FOR C ON WINDOWS WITH C99 COMPILER HOW TO#

I looked at C: How to Program 2007 by dietel and it seems c99 gets only one chapter while the other 99% is devoted to the older iso standard. The gcc seems to have the best support but even this is not complete. According to wiki it seems it is not really supported very well. Anybody knows how well supported is the c99 standard.