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The C language has gone through many iterations and the latest one not yet released is informally called "C23", supposedly because they hoped to release it in 2023. The latest draft version N3096 i...
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2023-08-17T08:17:49Z (about 1 year ago)
What is C23 and why should I care?
The C language has gone through many iterations and the latest one not yet released is informally called "C23", supposedly because they hoped to release it in 2023. The latest draft version [N3096](https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3096.pdf) is available for free from the ISO C working group. The previous standard C17 (ISO 9899:2018) didn't really affect the average C programmer. It was a minor revision and mostly concerned with language error fixes in non-trivial areas of the language, which are likely of peripheral interest to the average user. The version before that, C11, was a bigger revision but probably went by mostly unnoticed by the average C programmer as well. Some might have picked up `_Generic`, anonymous structs, static asserts and similar features. What is new in C23 and how will it affect the average programmer?