how relevant is C today?

[David Rasmussen]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In article <443965f2$0$67257$157c6196 at dreader2.cybercity.dk>,
>  David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> In my everyday work, I am forced to use a C90 only compiler, and 
>> everyday I miss some C++ feature that wouldn't make my program any more 
>> complex, quite the opposite. These are features like "const", no default 
>> extern linkage, more typesafe enums etc. 
> 
> "const" is in C89/C90. 

Broken const is. C++ const is different from C90 const.

> As for the others, how about hiding a copy of GCC 
> somewhere, just to use to preflight your code before actually building 
> it with your compulsory broken compiler? :)

I can't do that. I compile for a special system with loads of special 
libraries. The code can never compiler on a stock gcc compiler. Besides, 
it doesn't help me to better and more precisely express notions in my code.

/David