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[Araq]

On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 07:40:11 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/21/2020 12:02 AM, Araq wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 20 May 2020 at 21:30:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> Languages that are used over long periods of time evolve 
>>> greatly after 1.0. Fortran, Basic, C++, Java, Perl, Pascal, 
>>> Python, C#, D, etc. C is a notable exception.
>> 
>> Before Ansi C came along, C lacked function prototypes and 
>> "const". I think an Ansi Standard came way later after "C 
>> version 1.0", whatever that really was.
>
> I know that well. It's a glacial change compared with what has 
> happened in other languages. C version 1.0 would be K+R C, 
> which was properly standardized in C89, and handful of minor 
> improvements came with C99.

Glacial or not, K&R C was significantly different from Ansi C, so 
C evolved after version 1 just like the other languages, features 
were added. I don't see this "notable exception". Ymmv I guess.