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Comment by tialaramex | original | C for Rust programmers
[−]tialaramex · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:00 UTC · link
> a standard that is updated every decade or so

In practice the cadence is exactly half that of WG21's breakneck C++ pace. Every six years. C11, C17, C23 so far and C2y is expected to land before the end of this decade.

But anyway, all I can do is report the observable fact. If you want to say it's because GCC 15 is a different product from GCC 4 whereas rustc 1.99 is the same product as rustc 1.49 then I guess you can re-phrase my position as "In C you will keep needing new products and that sucks" if you like.