Apparently practically nobody writes standards-conforming C/C++? After years of seeing arguments about standards, and how important they are -- I now learn that virtually every C/C++ compiler in existence just doesn't conform to the standards?

Doesn't that just mean that *practically* there isn't really a thing as a singular “C or C++ language”? There are different C/C++ *dialects*, each of which does things differently in different places? I don't like thisssssss.

@yosh It's a consequence of the language being like a billion years old.

The LISP compilers have this too, but a dev notices less because LISP itself is such a flexible language that if your compiler's weird, you can usually macro your way into it working however you want.

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