> This is how Microsoft is deprecating C on Windows nowadays, by leaving their C compiler at C90 level
Actually they've recently gone back on that and are implementing c99 language[1] and standard library[2] features in an apparent sudden realization that the rest of the C world has moved on (since they cite FFmpeg as a reason, my pet theory is that they were just that embarrassed by Ron Bultje's c99 to c89 translator[3])
Those C99 features are only at library level and are partially required by C++11 and C++14, there is no change of mind going on, at least for the moment.
Actually they've recently gone back on that and are implementing c99 language[1] and standard library[2] features in an apparent sudden realization that the rest of the C world has moved on (since they cite FFmpeg as a reason, my pet theory is that they were just that embarrassed by Ron Bultje's c99 to c89 translator[3])
[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2013/06/28/cpp-con...
[2] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2013/07/19/c99-librar...
[3] http://blogs.gnome.org/rbultje/2012/09/27/microsoft-visual-s...