[petsc-dev] NEVER put // into PETSc code. PETSc is C89, the only real C.

[Sean Farley]

C Bergström <cbergstrom at pathscale.com> writes:

> Sorry I can't help, but +1 troll on this...
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Serious question:
>>
>> What are your reasons for using a language that is 27 years old?  Terrible
>> compilers that have not been compliant with the current ISO C for 16 years?
>> Because MPICH does it?
>>
>
> Jeff - I work for a horrible, truly terrible compiler company
> (sarcasm) and empathetically (sincerely) I don't think MSVC supports
> C99. So just taking a random guess that it could be part of the
> justification to maintain that level of compatibility.

I believe MSVC compilers have supported C99 for a year or more now. The
only compiler I used on Windows that didn't support C99 was the MSVC for
python:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266

which maybe is a valid use case? I dunno.