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2012/2/7 Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
Why do we still care about C89? �It is 2012 and we're talking about
Python 3\. �What compiler on what platform that anyone actually cares
about does not support C99?

The Microsoft compilers on Windows do not support C99:
- Declarations must be at the start of a block
- No designated initializers for structures
- Ascii-only identifiers:�http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7f8y25b.aspx

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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc