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Comment by kevin_thibedeau

3 years ago

VLAs are optional since C11. There is no reason why a vendor can't support a modern language.

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saagarjha  3 years ago

VLAs are not the only thing added to C since 1999.

  • morelisp  3 years ago

    They are one of the few things added that require the target platform, rather than the compiler, to do something different. (And the other big things like that, like atomics, are similarly optional.)

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