A New C Standard Is On the Way

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A New C Standard Is On the Way

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 25, 2012 @09:17AM from the new-guidelines dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Last year, Danny Kalev — a former member of the C++ standards committed — explained the new features in C++. Now, in C11: A New C Standard Aiming at Safer Programming, he shares an overview of the changes in C — 13 years after the ratification of the C99 standard. Kalev describes the goodies in C11, including multi-threading support, safer standard libraries, and better compliance with other industry standards."

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C11???? by highphilosopher · 2012-06-25 09:27 · Score: 5, Funny

That's great! I'm still using C4, and every time I compile my code blows up!
1. Re:C11???? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-25 09:47 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Plus, as using C-14, I am able to determine the compiling date of any given code.
2. Re:C11???? by GoodNewsJimDotCom · 2012-06-25 09:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I am still using the programming language made a long time ago C3PO. You'd be surprised how similar it is to Jawa.
  
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3. Re:C11???? by Sduic · 2012-06-25 11:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The worst part was the C4 standard was prepared with SemTeX.
  
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4. Re:C11???? by dintech · 2012-06-25 23:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Since I'm using C64, I find I have to be careful with my memory usage.
Integer overflow! by Montreal · 2012-06-25 09:29 · Score: 5, Funny

C99 -> C11, come on guys ...
Jeezus christ by JustNiz · 2012-06-25 09:33 · Score: 5, Funny

If I wanted plastic scissors I'd use Java. Give me my scalpel back.
1. Re:Jeezus christ by arkane1234 · 2012-06-25 10:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Too many people have been randomly slicing people.
  
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Re:On the way? by Tough+Love · 2012-06-25 11:04 · Score: 5, Funny

The "11" actually refers to how far you can turn up the volume.[1]
[1] Quoted from Tough Love's Album of Unreliable Facts (c)

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Re:On the way? by Bacon+Bits · 2012-06-25 11:32 · Score: 5, Funny

No, you can turn the volume up as high as you want, but it's only defined for 0 to 10.

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