Which is better c89 or c99 [closed]

Question

gcc 4.4.1

I am just wondering which standard is better and more portable?

I was doing some research on this. And found that c89 is still widely used more than c99. Not many C developers are switching to the newer c99 standard.

And also, is c89 more portable than c99?

As c99 has been around for me than 10 years. I would have thought it would be used more than the c89 standard and be just as portable?

Many thanks for any suggestions,

Answer 1

Unfortunately C89 is more portable. Microsoft are not planning to add c99 support to VS2010 (Although they do support some features). GCC is far better, but still not 100% compliant with the standard

Wikipedia has more information on other implementations.