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Tue Feb 7 20:31:00 CET 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-February/116251.html

2012/2/7 Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>

> Why do we still care about C89?  It is 2012 and we're talking about
> Python 3.  What compiler on what platform that anyone actually cares
> about does not support C99?
>

The Microsoft compilers on Windows do not support C99:
- Declarations must be at the start of a block
- No designated initializers for structures
- Ascii-only identifiers:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7f8y25b.aspx

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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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